State v. Grimmett

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Mike Grimmett is charged with first degree criminal sexual conduct. In a pretrial ruling, the court excluded the testimony of the complainant because it was tainted by hypnosis. The state appeals the ruling and we affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

According to the criminal complaint, police encountered the complainant after responding to a report that an intoxicated woman was walking along Highway 71, south of Park Rapids, Minnesota. The woman informed the police that she had been raped and showed them a folding buck knife which she said had been used in the…