Legal Opinion

State v. Sandquist

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 16, 1920No. 21,747PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Blue Earth county charged with the crime of carnal knowledge of a female child under 18 years of age, tried in the district court for that county before Comstock, J., and a jury which returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment. From the judgment entered pursuant to the .verdict, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Lees, C.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the conviction of the defendant of the crime of camal knowledge of a female under the age of 18 years.

Defendant asks for a reversal on several grounds. Only three need be considered: The first, that he was unduly restricted in his cross-examination of the girl; the second, that the court’s examination of defendant’s witness Lillygren was prejudicial to him; the third, that by calling the clerk of court as a witness and examining him and then leaving the bench and taking the witness stand and testifying as a witness himself, the trial…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. People of the State of N.Y. v. . DohringNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  2. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
  3. Wheeler v. WallaceMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Dunn v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Gray v. CrockettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. CianfloneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
  2. State v. JensenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
  3. Olson v. Blue Cross and Blue ShieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  4. State v. RasmussenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
  5. State v. ZimmerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992

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