Supreme Court of Minnesota· 6/15/1973
State v. Roberts
Citations
- 208 N.W.2d 744
- 296 Minn. 347
- 1973 Minn. LEXIS 1206
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- concluding that such testimony is generally inappropriate to the extent that it gives rise to an impermissible inference of culpability
- concluding important factor in jury verdict was whether they believed the defendant or the victim
- holding error was sufficiently prejudicial where jury had to determine whether they believed defendant or victim, where there were conflicts in testimony of both defendant and victim, and no eyewitnesses testified
- holding where case’s outcome hinged on whether jury believed defendant or victim, erroneous admission of evidence that defendant requested counsel when asked by officer whether he committed crime could have reasonably influenced verdict and was not harmless error
- stating court must be able to declare belief that error is harmless beyond reasonable doubt
- holding error was sufficiently prejudicial to warrant new trial
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Judges: Knutson, Rogosheske, Peterson, MacLaughlin
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37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. JuarezSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-12-18· cited 141×
- Prideaux v. State Dept. of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-11-05· cited 131×
- State v. WillisSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-08· cited 78×
- Younie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-07-22· cited 75×
- State v. LitzauSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-08-30· cited 69×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2008-07-31· cited 68×
- Dudley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-03-23· cited 66×
- State v. VanceSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-05-06· cited 63×
- State v. LindseySupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-08-17· cited 63×
- State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-05-11· cited 61×
- State v. JobeSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-06-26· cited 52×
- State v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-09-14· cited 52×
- State v. McCullumSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-09-07· cited 49×
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-05-14· cited 47×
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 43×
- State v. Al-NaseerSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-01-20· cited 38×
- State v. WalkerSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-10-31· cited 38×
- State v. TownsendSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1996-04-26· cited 34×
- State, Village of New Hope v. Eric DuplessieSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-06-27· cited 24×
- State v. FossenSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-05-18· cited 23×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
- Hubert Junior Walker v. United StatesFifth Circuit· 1969-01-06· cited 96×
- State v. BeckSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-02-05· cited 31×
- State v. CombsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1972-02-18· cited 24×
- Travelers Insurance v. Iron Ranges Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-02-05· cited 6×
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