Legal Opinion
State v. Conklin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 18, 1989No. C5-88-545PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Justice.
This case presents the difficult question of under what circumstances a defendant in a child sexual abuse case can be removed from the room during the testimony of the child abuse victim without violating the defendant’s constitutional right to confront the witnesses who testify against him.
Appellant Russell Duane Conklin was convicted of one count of first degree criminal sexual conduct, Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(g) (1988) and one count of second degree criminal sexual conduct § 609.343, subd. 1(a) (1988) and was sentenced to 43 months in the Minnesota Correctional…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by23 opinions
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