STATE v. RECKINGER

No. C0-99-867.

603 N.W.2d 331 (1999)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Kevin Brice RECKINGER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

November 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Raymond F. Schmitz, Olmsted County Attorney, James S. Martinson, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Rochester, MN (for appellant).

George F. Restovich, Gary A. Gittus, George F. Restovich & Associates, Rochester, MN (for respondent).

Considered and decided by SCHUMACHER, Presiding Judge, RANDALL, Judge, and KALITOWSKI, Judge.


OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

The state appeals from a pretrial denial of a motion to introduce Spreigl evidence, contending the district court abused its discretion and the suppression of evidence is of critical impact. We affirm.

FACTS

In August 1994, Rochester police interviewed then 8-year-old S.S.M. concerning alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather, respondent Kevin Reckinger. S.S.M indicated that several weeks earlier Reckinger had put...

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