STATE v. LEE

A17-0543.

929 N.W.2d 432 (2019)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. Blair Bruce LEE, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: June 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Kelly O'Neill Moller , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent/cross-appellant.

Cathryn Middlebrook , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Frederick J. Goetz , Special Assistant State Public Defender, Goetz & Eckland P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellant/cross-respondent.

Liz Richards , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women.

Rana Alexander , Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Standpoint.

Lindsay Brice , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Daniel J. Koewler , Ramsay Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Roseville, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


OPINION

The issue presented here is whether a defendant has the right to inspect a crime scene that is in the control of a third party. Appellant/cross-respondent Blair Bruce Lee was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and domestic assault by strangulation. Lee argues that the denial of his motions to inspect...

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