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State v. Vance

Citations

  • 714 N.W.2d 428
  • 2006 Minn. LEXIS 359
  • 2006 WL 1422917

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  • holding that threat evidence was admissible to bolster credibility of witnesses who were impeached based on cooperation with state
  • noting that defendant must lay foundation “connecting the alternative perpetrator to the commission of the crime with which the defendant is charged”
  • determining that alternative perpetrator evidence of a rumor regarding a suspect’s involvement in a robbery was inadmissible hearsay and therefore did not have an inherent tendency to connect the alternative perpetrator to the crime
  • determining that alternative perpetrator evidence of a rumor regarding a suspect's involvement in a robbery was inadmissible hearsay and therefore did not have an inherent tendency to connect the alternative perpetrator to the crime
  • \[C]ourts are hesitant to sua sponte give an instruction because an instruction may draw additional attention to potentially prejudicial issues.\

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