Jason Lamar Forest v. State of Minnesota

Syllabus

After a jury found appellant Jason Lamar Forest guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and terroristic threats for sexually abusing his minor stepson on multiple occasions and threatening to kill him, Forest appeals from a denial of a petition for postconviction relief. Forest contends that the postconviction court erred by concluding that two evidentiary errors at his trial did not warrant relief. Specifically, he challenges the district court's decisions to exclude defense evidence as a sanction for its late disclosure and to admit the stepson's sister's testimony as relationship evidence. Because we discern no abuse of discretion by the district court, we affirm.