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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. A03-980.

693 N.W.2d 195 (2005)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Lionel Lee WASHINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 17, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Theodora Gaitas, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant's.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Douglas H. Johnson, Washington County Attorney, John W. Fristik, Assistant County Attorney, Heather Dawn Pipenhagen, Assistant County Attorney, Stillwater, MN, for Respondent's.

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

OPINION

HANSON, Justice.

Appellant Lionel Lee Washington was convicted of ten counts of criminal sexual conduct for sexually abusing his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter, M.D. In affirming the conviction, the court of appeals held that evidence of a sexual assault that Washington had committed against a 15-year-old girl more than 16 years earlier was properly admitted as Spreigl evidence to prove a common modus operandi. State v. Washington,<...

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