Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 30, 1988No. C1-87-2475PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.
In State v. Thompson, 427 N.W.2d 266 (Minn.App.1988), the court of appeals affirmed the felony theft conviction of defendant, Roger Arthur Thompson. We granted the defendant’s petition for review not because we disagree with the ultimate decision of the court of appeals but in order to expand upon the court of appeals’ analysis of two of the issues. These issues are: (1) whether a criminal defendant has a right to be present at an in-chambers hearing to determine the competency of a child as a witness and (2) whether a trial judge ordinarily should obtain the…
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