STATE v. HILL

No. 46592.

244 N.W.2d 728 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Stanley Curtis HILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connolly & Heffernan and Thomas J. Barrett, St. Paul, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., William B. Randall, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Randall D. B. Tigue and David W. Cohoes, Minneapolis, for Minn. Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae, seeking reversal.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and OTIS and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


OTIS, Justice.

Defendant, Stanley Curtis Hill, appeals from a conviction for aggravated rape which occurred on July 27, 1975, in the city of St. Paul, for which he has been sentenced to serve a term not to exceed 20 years in the state reformatory.1

Three issues are presented on this appeal: 1) Whether Minn.St. 609.347 unconstitutionally deprived defendant of the opportunity to introduce evidence bearing on the defense of consent...

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