Legal Opinion
State v. Saporen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 26, 1939No. 31,889PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1 Reported in 285 N.W. 898. Convicted of the crime of carnal knowledge and abuse of a female child under the age of 18, defendant appeals from the judgment and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
The picture of lechery disclosed by record and argument need not be redrawn. On the question of defendant's guilt (which he has stoutly denied from the first) there is plenty of evidence to support the verdict. The main question for the jury was doubtless one of identification, which was resolved against defendant.
The point decisive of this appeal arises from the state's impeachment of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
- Kuhn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
- Selover v. BryantSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Crago v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. FriendSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
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3Cited by70 opinions
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Wild v. RarigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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