STATE v. MAURER

No. C3-91-1994.

491 N.W.2d 661 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Corky Joe MAURER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Scott G. Swanson, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Margaret H. Chutich, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

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


WAHL, Justice.

We granted review in this case for the limited purpose of addressing the issue of whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in allowing the prosecutor to elicit testimony from several state's witnesses that complainant in this rape prosecution appeared to be "sincere" when she told the witnesses that she had been raped by defendant.

We agree with the court of appeals' conclusion that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony...

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