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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. C8-97-1759.

587 N.W.2d 45 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Henry Laverne PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, Minnesota State `Public Defender, Scott G. Swanson, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, by Gayle C. Hendley, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

GILBERT, Justice.

The issues presented in this first-degree murder appeal relate to evidentiary rulings of the trial court. The appellant, Henry Laverne Patterson, asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by precluding the testimony of an undisclosed witness as a sanction for violation of the discovery rules. Patterson also asserts that the trial court erred in allowing an individual whom the defense alleged committed the murders to testify...

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