STATE v. EDWARDS

No. C3-91-1171.

485 N.W.2d 911 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Richard Darrel EDWARDS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., and Tom Foley, Ramsey County Atty., Darrell C. Hill, Asst. Ramsey County Atty., St. Paul, for appellant.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Mark Nyvold, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

Defendant stands charged by complaint with criminal sexual conduct in the second degree for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with a 7-year-old girl on July 6, 1990. This is a pre-trial appeal by the state from an order of the trial court excluding three extrajudicial statements made by the complainant, D.F., who the trial court determined was incompetent to testify. Reversing the court of appeals and the trial court, we hold that the trial court...

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