Legal Opinion
State v. Staats
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 27, 2003No. C8-02-174PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYER, Justice.
A jury convicted Mark Owen Staats of the crime of aiding and abetting the first-degree murder of Dustin Jirasek. Staats was sentenced to life in prison. In this direct appeal, Staats contends that the district court erred in admitting into evidence each of the five statements he gave to police, the court’s error was not harmless, and consequently his conviction should be reversed. We are asked to determine whether police obtained the first two statements in violation of the recording requirement of State v. Scales, 518 N.W.2d 587 (Minn.1994), and, if so, whether…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Connecticut v. BarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by14 opinions
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