State v. Kates

OPINION

RANDALL, Judge

Appellant challenged his conviction on three counts of criminal sexual conduct, asserting the district court erred in denying his motion to sever the charges because they related to different victims. This court agreed, determined that the error was not harmless, and remanded to the district court. The supreme court granted respondent state’s petition for review. The supreme court held that this court erred by applying a harmless-error analysis rather than the Spreigl analysis as set forth in State v. Profit, 591 N.W.2d 451 (Minn.1999). The supreme court remanded to this…