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STATE v. OLSON

No. 49261.

291 N.W.2d 203 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Dale Matthew OLSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delaney & Thompson, Peter J. Thompson, and John W. Lindquist, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Division, David W. Larson, Thomas A. Weist and Janeen E. Rosas, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OTIS, Justice.

Dale Olson appeals from his conviction on three counts of first-degree murder for the burning deaths of Lueberta Davis and her two children on January 19, 1978. Appellant argues that he was denied his constitutional right to be confronted by the witness against him when the trial court admitted as substantive evidence two unsworn, ex parte statements made to the police by Olson's accomplice, Jean Link. The trial court held that appellant was...

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