Legal Opinion
State v. Grecinger
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 18, 1997No. C1-95-1596PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.
Defendant Leonard Mien Grecinger, Sr., was convicted of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the third degree and was sentenced to 153 months in prison. The court of appeals affirmed this conviction. We must determine whether expert testimony on battered woman syndrome is admissible in the prosecution’s case-in-chief against an alleged batterer. We affirm the court of appeals. We hold that such testimony properly was admitted in the prosecution’s case-in-chief under Minn. R. Evid. 608(a) when it was presented after the alleged victim’s credibility…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- State v. BorrelliSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by56 opinions
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