Legal Opinion
State v. Lanam
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 10, 1990No. C8-89-95PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Justice.
Defendant, David G. Lanam, was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(a), (e)(i) (1988), for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl while he was babysitting with her and her brothers. He received a 43-month prison sentence, which has been stayed pending appeal. The main issue is whether the trial court violated state law or the state or federal constitution in admitting out-of-court statements of the child, who was determined by the trial court to be incompetent to testify at trial,…
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