Supreme Court of Minnesota· 11/5/2009
State v. Atkinson
Citations
- 774 N.W.2d 584
- 2009 Minn. LEXIS 773
- 2009 WL 3644199
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- concluding that evidence of the alternative perpetrator’s location at the scene of the crime connected him only to the location of the crime, not the crime itself
- concluding that, without more, evidence that alternative perpetrator was at the location where the crime took place was insufficient to link alternative perpetrator to the commission of the crime
- proceeding directly to the third prong and considering only whether the alleged plain error was prejudicial
- “A defendant’s right to present a complete defense is not absolute.”
- “As for the public defender reference, the witness’s offhand remark that an investigator gathering evidence related to the case worked for the ‘Public Defender’s Office’ was indirect and fleeting, and any prejudice attributable to the comment was insignificant.”
- “A defendant has the constitutional right to present a complete defense.”
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. HokansonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-10-03· cited 65×
- State v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2010-05-20· cited 60×
- State of Minnesota v. Antoine Rumel LittleSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-08-13· cited 57×
- State v. NissalkeSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2011-07-13· cited 43×
- State v. SONTOYASupreme Court of Minnesota· 2010-09-16· cited 35×
- State v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2010-09-02· cited 31×
- State v. GuzmanSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-04-12· cited 28×
- State of Minnesota v. Gregory Antoine DavisSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2015-06-03· cited 26×
- State v. FergusonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2011-10-19· cited 18×
- State of Minnesota v. Marlon Rashaad RobertsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-09-14· cited 14×
- State v. SaileeCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2010-12-14· cited 5×
- State of Minnesota v. Michael Allan Carbo, Jr.Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2024-05-08· cited 5×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-08-16· cited 3×
- State v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2012-04-16· cited 2×
- State of Iowa v. Travis Lee DenneyCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 2016-06-15
- State of Minnesota v. Samuel James LyonsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2023-10-23
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ryan Charles Rooney, AppellantSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2025-07-02
- State of Minnesota v. Shawn Michael TillmanSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2026-04-01
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-07-30· cited 451×
- State v. WahlbergSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-08-08· cited 202×
- State v. AmosSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-03-27· cited 188×
- State v. StrommenSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-08-08· cited 147×
- State v. JuarezSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-12-18· cited 141×
- State v. PostSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-02-18· cited 131×
- State v. BlomSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-07-01· cited 103×
- State v. MayhornSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-08-31· cited 101×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-03-11· cited 94×
- State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-07-15· cited 94×
- State v. CrowsbreastSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2001-07-12· cited 79×
- State v. MantheySupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-03-30· cited 61×
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-08-26· cited 61×
- State v. JobeSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-06-26· cited 52×
- State v. SchulzSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-02-03· cited 50×
- State v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-07-06· cited 44×
- State v. HannonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-08-18· cited 43×
- State v. GutierrezSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-08-21· cited 43×
- State v. KingSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2001-03-01· cited 37×
- State v. ShoenSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1999-07-29· cited 37×
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