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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 753 N.W.2d 677
  • 2008 Minn. LEXIS 367
  • 2008 WL 2917637

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that jurors may consider their own experiences in evaluating the evidence presented
  • explaining that the unobjected-to prosecutorial misconduct was not “clear” or “obvious” where no court had “conclusively resolved” the issue in question
  • holding prosecutor’s 15 explanation of reasonable doubt standard using beyond “all possibility of doubt” was proper
  • noting that it would be improper for prosecutor to comment on defendant’s refusal to give saliva sample
  • noting that it would be improper for prosecutor to comment on defendant’s refusal to give saliva sample
  • noting that defendant’s “credibility was seriously undermined by the inconsistent statements he made to police and his admission that he perjured himself in the first trial”

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Judges: Dietzen, Magnuson

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