State v. Booker

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

A Hennepin County jury found Terrell D. Booker guilty of first-degree aggravated robbery based on evidence that he and another man robbed a taxicab driver at gunpoint. On appeal, Booker argues that he was denied his right to be present when the district court determined whether his accomplice had a Fifth Amendment privilege to refuse to testify in Booker’s trial. We conclude that Booker’s presence was not required by Minn. R.Crim. P. 26.01, subd. 1(1). Booker also argues that the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress the taxicab driver’s pre-trial…