STATE v. DIXON

No. A12-0193.

822 N.W.2d 664 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Terrell Matthew DIXON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

November 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Michael Richardson , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

William Ward , Hennepin County Public Defender, Mary F. Moriarty , Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by CONNOLLY, Presiding Judge; STONEBURNER, Judge; and ROSS, Judge.


OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge.

Appellant was charged with first-degree burglary based primarily on finger- and palm-print evidence collected at the scene. Appellant requested a Frye-Mack hearing to determine the admissibility of evidence that he is the source of the prints found. After a four-day Frye-Mack hearing, the district court concluded that the state had met its burden to establish that friction-ridge-print identification using the ACE...

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