Legal Opinion
State v. Hansen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 6, 1981No. 50539PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERSON, Justice.
The critically important question raised on this appeal by a convicted criminal defendant is whether the trial court erred in admitting, as substantive evidence of defendant’s guilt, the out-of-court statements of two declarants who refused to testify at defendant’s trial. Consideration of this issue requires an analysis of the scope and application of Minn.R.Evid. 804(b)(3), dealing with admissibility of statements against interest, and Minn.R.Evid. 804(b)(5), dealing with statements by an unavailable declar-ant which are trustworthy but which do not fit within any of the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Robert L. Steele v. Terry D. Taylor, Supt., Owen J. Kilbane v. Ronald C. Marshall, Supt., Martin A. Kilbane v. Ronald C. Marshall, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- State v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. GreenleafSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. BobadillaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- State v. BlasusSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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