STATE v. HANSEN

No. 50539.

312 N.W.2d 96 (1981)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. William T. HANSEN, Sr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Mauzy, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Elizabeth Cutter, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert Walter, County Atty., Glenwood, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

The critically important question raised on this appeal by a convicted criminal defendant is whether the trial court erred in admitting, as substantive evidence of defendant's guilt, the out-of-court statements of two declarants who refused to testify at defendant's trial. Consideration of this issue requires an analysis of the scope and application of Minn.R.Evid. 804(b)(3), dealing with admissibility of statements against interest, and Minn.R...

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