STATE v. AXFORD

No. C7-86-1904.

417 N.W.2d 88 (1987)

STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. William Walter AXFORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Paul P. Kempainen, St. Paul, Bruce Gross, Cottonwood Co. Atty., Windom, for petitioner, appellant.

Ellis Olken and Nancy Olken, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree for sexually abusing his granddaughter over an extended period of time. Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(h)(v) (1986). The court of appeals granted defendant a new trial on the ground that the trial court prejudicially erred in admitting evidence that defendant's son, the victim's father, was also sexually abusing the victim during...

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