STATE v. DURANTE

No. C8-87-125.

406 N.W.2d 80 (1987)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Louie George DURANTE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Michael Q. Lynch, Kandiyohi Co. Atty., Willmar, for appellant.

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, and Cathryn Young Middlebrook, Asst. Public Defender, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and HUSPENI and MULALLY, JJ.


OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

The trial court ordered suppression of the out-of-court statements of two witnesses. The State appeals and argues that the court erred in basing the order on the hearsay rule and the confrontation clause of the federal constitution. We affirm.

FACTS

During the early morning hours of May 27, 1986, a mobile home occupied by Robert Rodriquez, his wife Connie and three...

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