STATE v. JOHNSON

No. C8-02-1860.

659 N.W.2d 819 (2003)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Mitchell Logan JOHNSON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Joseph Margulies, Margulies & Richman, P.L.L.C., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by KLAPHAKE, Presiding Judge, LANSING, Judge, and STONEBURNER, Judge.


OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

The state appeals the district court's denial of its request for a protective order under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, restricting distribution and use of the videotaped statement of an alleged child victim describing respondent's acts of sexual abuse. Because the district court correctly held that the Rules of Criminal Procedure govern discovery of such a videotape in a criminal case, but erred by rejecting the...

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