Supreme Court of Minnesota· 11/25/2009

State v. Pearson

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775 N.W.2d 155
2009 WL 4079146

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concluding that district court plainly erred by not editing recording of police interrogation to remove references to request for counsel
concluding that bullet trajectory and wounds were consistent with the eyewitness testimony that the defendant was outside the van when he fired the first shot and inconsistent with the defendant’s testimony that he was inside the van when he fired the first shot in self-defense
noting that the doctrine of trial-error forfeiture “encourages [litigants] to object while in the trial court so that any errors can be corrected before their full impact is realized” (emphasis added)
“[A] lawyer may not speculate without a factual basis.” (citing State v. 578 N.W.2d 734, 742 (Minn. 1998))
“The plain error doctrine encourages defendants to object while in the trial court so that any errors can be corrected before their full impact is realized.”

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Judges: Meyer

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