State v. Rud

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Defendants, who were charged with criminal sexual abuse of children, subpoenaed the alleged victims and another child to appear at the probable cause portion of the omnibus hearing. Defendants claimed that they needed to question the children in an attempt to determine as specifically as possible the dates of the alleged misconduct. Defendants argued that they then might be able to testify or call other witnesses at the hearing to support a motion to dismiss for lack of probable cause. The trial court quashed the subpoenas but certified the question to the Court of…