STATE v. CONKLIN

No. C5-88-545.

444 N.W.2d 268 (1989)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Russell Duane CONKLIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Bradford Colbert, Cathryn Middlebrook, Asst. State Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Tom Foley, Ramsey County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Kempainen, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KEITH, Justice.

This case presents the difficult question of under what circumstances a defendant in a child sexual abuse case can be removed from the room during the testimony of the child abuse victim without violating the defendant's constitutional right to confront the witnesses who testify against him.

Appellant Russell Duane Conklin was convicted of one count of first degree criminal sexual conduct, Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(g) (1988) and one...

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