State v. Scarver

OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

Appellant Curtis Lynwood Scarver was convicted of possession of cocaine and sentenced to 19 months incarceration. At trial, the court restricted testimony as to the exact location from which the police observed Scarver’s activities. The court found Scarver guilty, but failed to make any specific findings of fact.

Scarver appeals, claiming he was denied his constitutional right to cross-examination and that the court’s failure to make specific findings of fact was error. We remand to the trial court for findings required by Minn.R.Crim.P. 26.01, subd. 2.

FACTS

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