Legal Opinion
State v. Zais
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 26, 2011No. A10-1020PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIETZEN, Justice.
This case requires us to decide what information the court should consider in determining whether the crime exception to the marital privilege statute in Minn. Stat. § 595.02, subd. 1(a) (2010), applies to the charged offense of disorderly conduct. Appellant Thomas Zais (Zais) was charged, in part, with the offense of disorderly conduct based on a November 15, 2009, incident. Before trial, Zais moved to exclude the proposed testimony of his wife on the ground that it was barred by the marital privilege. The district court concluded that the crime exception to the…
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