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STATE v. KEETON

No. C5-97-52.

589 N.W.2d 85 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Laird Brando KEETON, Jr., petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Rosenberg, Sp. Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Atty., Jean M. Mitchell, Asst. Dakota County Atty., Hastings, for respondent.

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

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of attempted murder in the first degree and assault in the second degree and sentenced to consecutive terms of 180 months and 36 months, respectively. The court of appeals affirmed the convictions.1 We hold that the trial court erred in excluding appellant and his attorney from a pretrial hearing held to determine if appellant had threatened a witness. We further hold that...

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