Legal Opinion

State v. Leutschaft

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided January 13, 2009No. A07-1844PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

In this appeal from his conviction of assault in the second degree and possession of a small amount of marijuana, appellant argues that the prosecutor committed misconduct sufficient to deny him his right to a fair trial by (1) impeaching his credibility through an allegation of tailoring his testimony; (2) asking “were they lying” questions; (3) eliciting and arguing irrelevant but prejudicial information; (4) im-permissibly vouching for the state’s main witness; and (5) injecting public-policy arguments into the state’s closing argument. We affirm.

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2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Ratzlaf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. State v. GravesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
  4. State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
  5. State v. RameySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. BowdenOhio Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. State v. PatzoldCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2018
  3. State of Minnesota v. Amir Abd El MalakCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
  4. State of Minnesota v. Donald James HelpsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
  5. State of Minnesota v. Dontrell Dyna FlowersCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014

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