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STATE v. WRIGHT

No. A03-1197.

726 N.W.2d 464 (2007)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. David Eugene WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 25, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stuart, State Public Defender, Leslie J. Rosenberg, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Lori Swanson, Minnesota State Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

Beverly Balos, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae, MN Coalition for Battered Women.

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

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

David Eugene Wright was charged in Hennepin County with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The assault charges stemmed from an incident in which Wright allegedly pointed a firearm at his then-girlfriend and her sister. Shortly before Wright's trial was to begin, the district court determined that the girlfriend and her sister were unavailable witnesses...

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