State v. DePauw

Nelson, Justice.

Defendant was accused of having committed the crime of indecent assault in violation of M. S. A. 617.08 on the person of a 9-year-old girl. It is unnecessary to go into the procedural history with the exception of noting that the case was appealed to this court from a prior conviction, State v. DePauw, 243 Minn. 375, 68 N. W. (2d) 223, and a new trial was granted -because of prejudicial statements made by the prosecuting attorney in the closing argument to the jury. In that case there was testimony that defendant had taken indecent liberties with and on the person of 3 other…