Danforth v. State

OPINION

G. BARRY ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Stephen Danforth was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a six-year-old boy, J.S. The boy was found incompetent to testify at trial, but the district court admitted into evidence a videotaped interview of J.S. conducted at a child advocacy center. The jury found Danforth guilty. The facts of this case are set forth at length in a decision by the court of appeals. State v. Danforth, 573 N.W.2d 369, 372 (Minn.App. 1997), rev. denied (Minn. Feb. 19, 1998). A recitation of the procedural events following Danforth’s conviction can…