Legal Opinion
State v. Swaney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 26, 2010No. A08-2002PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.
Randy Leeroyal Swaney was convicted in Rock County, Minnesota of first-degree premeditated murder for the death of Carrie Nelson and was sentenced to life in prison without any possibility of release. Swaney filed a direct appeal of his convictions. On appeal, Swaney argues that (1) the admission of an investigator’s out-of-court questions violated his Confrontation Clause rights, (2) the district court violated his right to present a defense by excluding revers e-Spreigl evidence regarding an alternative perpetrator, (3) the State committed prosecutorial…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- United States v. Valenzuela-BernalSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Tennessee v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by16 opinions
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