State v. Maurer

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Minn.Stat. § 609.344, subd. 1(c) (1990). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

Appellant Maurer was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for an incident occurring at his mobile home in Ren-ville County. The state alleged that Maurer, with whom the complainant, L.S., expected to get a ride home, raped her in the mobile home. Maurer and L.S. had been among a group of people who had spent the evening and early morning hours together, beginning with a limousine ride from Redwood…