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STATE v. KNUTSON

No. C8-94-1312.

523 N.W.2d 909 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Kieran Frazier KNUTSON, Defendant, Minnesota Daily on behalf of Jesse Rosen, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

November 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Donna J. Wolfson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for the State of Minn.

Keith Ellison, Legal Rights Center, Minneapolis, for Kieran Frazier Knutson.

Marshall H. Tanick, Teresa J. Ayling, Mansfield & Tanick, P.A., Minneapolis, for Minnesota Daily on behalf of Jesse Rosen.

Considered and decided by HUSPENI, P.J., and FORSBERG, and DAVIES, JJ.

OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

The Minnesota Daily (Daily) appeals the denial of its motion to quash a subpoena of its reporter, arguing that (1) the Minnesota Reporters Shield Law protects the reporter from testifying regarding a crime witnessed while covering a story, (2) the Constitution affords a privilege not to testify, and (3) the district court erred in ruling that he waived his privilege. We affirm.

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