State v. Hamilton

STEPHEN L. MAXWELL, Justice. *

In this appeal from jury convictions for criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, aggravated assault, ,and aggravated sodomy, defendant, Dennis Michael Hamilton, raises, among other issues, the question which we did not reach in State v. Hill, 309 Minn. 206, 244 N.W.2d 728 (1976): whether defendant’s constitutional right of confrontation was abridged by the trial court’s denial of defendant’s request to cross-examine complainant concerning her prior sexual conduct where the defense is consent. Finding no denial of defendant’s right of confrontation, we affirm…