STATE v. SCANLON

No. A05-586.

719 N.W.2d 674 (2006)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Matthew Martin SCANLON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Donna J. Wolfson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

On January 22, 2005, appellant Matthew Scanlon was convicted of the first-degree premeditated murder of bait shop owner Vermont "Ike" Isaacson. On direct appeal, Scanlon alleges that (1) his statements of December 23, 2003, and March 27, 2004, were erroneously admitted in violation of his Fifth Amendment right to counsel; (2) he was erroneously prohibited from admitting evidence of an alternative perpetrator; (3) the...

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