STATE v. VANCE

No. A03-1632.

685 N.W.2d 713 (2004)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Elton Perez VANCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 31, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Helen R. Brosnahan, Assistant County Attorney, Dakota County Judicial Center, Hastings, MN, for respondent.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Bridget Kearns, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by HARTEN, Presiding Judge; KALITOWSKI, Judge; and ANDERSON, Judge.


OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant challenges his convictions of second-degree assault, third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Appellant contends that the district court erred in admitting expert testimony on battered-woman syndrome and in imposing an upward sentencing departure.

FACTS

Appellant Elton Perez Vance and the victim, A.S.T., began an on-and-off relationship in 1996;...

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