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7 Minnesota opinions name it 2 courts 2009–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Minnesota courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Riddleygreen2 sentences2025“Immediate-episode evidence is a narrow exception to the general character evidence rule.” Riddley, 776 N.W.2d at 425 (emphasis added). 2016“Immediate-episode evidence is a narrow exception to the general character evidence rule.” State v. Riddley, 776 N.W.2d 419, 425 (Minn. 2009). | 5 | 6 |
State v. Woffordgreen2 sentences2016Such evidence is admissible “where two or more offenses are linked together in point of time or circumstances so that one cannot be fully shown without proving the other, or where evidence of other crimes constitutes part of the res gestae.” State v. Wofford, 262 Minn. 112, 118 , 114 N.W.2d 267, 271 (1962). 2016Such evidence is admissible “where two or more offenses are linked together in point of time or circumstances so that one cannot be fully shown without proving the other, or where evidence of other crimes constitutes part of the res gestae.” State v. Wofford, 262 Minn. 112, 118 , 114 N.W.2d 267, 271 (1962). | 3 | 3 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Minnesota. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. Nunn
green
1 sentence2016In State v. Nunn, for example, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that testimony regarding a kidnapping that occurred less than two months before the charged murder was immediate-episode evidence because the defendant obtained information during the kidnapping that motivated the charged murder. 561 N.W.2d 902 , 907–08 (Minn. 1997). | 1 | 2016–2016 |
State v. Spreigl
green
2 sentences2015Under this exception, the state may offer “any evidence which is otherwise relevant upon the issue of the defendant’s guilt of the crime with which he was charged,” including all relevant 1 State v. Spreigl, 272 Minn. 488 , 139 N.W.2d 167 (1965), sets forth parameters for admissibility of other crimes or “bad acts” evidence. 9 evidence that tends to prove the elements of the offense, “even though such facts and circumstances may prove or tend to prove that the defendant committed other crimes.” Id. (quotations omitted). 2015Under this exception, the state may offer “any evidence which is otherwise relevant upon the issue of the defendant’s guilt of the crime with which he was charged,” including all relevant 1 State v. Spreigl, 272 Minn. 488 , 139 N.W.2d 167 (1965), sets forth parameters for admissibility of other crimes or “bad acts” evidence. 9 evidence that tends to prove the elements of the offense, “even though such facts and circumstances may prove or tend to prove that the defendant committed other crimes.” Id. (quotations omitted). | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.