Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Dugal v. Tahash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 29, 1967No. 40219PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
Relator was indicted for the crime of rape upon a female of unsound and feeble mind 1 by the Ramsey County grand jury on November 12, 1963, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Before trial, relator moved to suppress certain written confessions obtained from him before he was afforded the assistance of counsel; and he also objected to the competency of the 19-year-old prosecutrix as a witness under Minn. St. 595.02, subd. 6, due to a mental impairment reducing her mental age to that of a 5 Vi -year-old child. Prior to the impaneling of the jury, the trial court examined the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State Ex Rel. Fruhrman v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. CermakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- State v. HuntSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
- State v. AmosSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- Wall v. Fairview Hospital & Healthcare ServicesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
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