Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2007No. 05-3221PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
A Minnesota state court jury found Odell DePriest Crawford guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, the rape of his girlfriend’s thirteen-year-old daughter. On direct appeal, Crawford argued that the trial court violated his constitutional right to a public trial by partially closing the courtroom while the victim testified without making the findings required by Minn.Stat. § 631.045 and by State v. Fageroos, 531 N.W.2d 199, 201-202 (Minn.1995). The Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected this argument, concluding that Crawford “waived the issue” because he did not…
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