Supreme Court of Minnesota· 8/16/1985

State v. Lucas

Citations

372 N.W.2d 731
1985 Minn. LEXIS 1158

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stating that “even if the indictment had not used ‘aiding and abetting’ language, the jury would have been free 10 to base the murder conviction on a determination that defendant was liable as an aider or abettor”
declining to apply the exclusionary rule where suppression of the evidence would “not serve to deter misconduct by police officers” and admission of the evidence would “not compromise judicial integrity”
applying exclusionary rule approach to question of admissibility of telephone conversation tape-recorded in Wisconsin without warrant, rendering it thereby inadmissible in Wisconsin but not unlawful because of consent by one party, and otherwise not unlawful in Minnesota
exclusion of legally obtained tapes not justified because it would not serve to deter illegal conduct by police officers in either forum state or state where search was conducted
“[t]here is ... no requirement that evidence obtained in another state be excluded in [forum] state merely because it would be inadmissible if the prosecution were in that other state”
“[A]dmission of the tapes does not compromise judicial integrity and does not have the effect of permitting Minnesota to profit from any wrongdoing.”

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