STATE v. SMITH

No. A06-2235.

749 N.W.2d 88 (2008)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Vincent Lanarde SMITH, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, and Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant County Attorney, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Bridget Kearns Sabo, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, and Charles F. Clippert, Special Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by WILLIS, Presiding Judge; SHUMAKER, Judge; and PORITSKY, Judge.


OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge.

Having been convicted of being an ineligible person in possession of a firearm, appellant contends that the district court abused its discretion in allowing Spreigl evidence of a prior conviction of the same crime and an incriminating photograph taken at another time. He also contends that his right to a speedy trial was violated. Because the court improperly allowed the Spreigl evidence, we reverse and remand on that...

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