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Minn. Stat. § 631.31 (2026)

[Repealed]

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[Repealed, 1979 c 233 s 42]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1967–1999 · leading case: State v. Stufflebean, 329 N.W.2d 314 (Minn. 1983).
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State v. Stufflebean, 329 N.W.2d 314 (Minn. 1983). · cites it 2× “Because Stufflebean has failed to show any actual bias or prejudice, failed to challenge for cause after completion of voir dire, and merely exhausted all preemptory strikes prior to reaching one of the challenged jurors, the appeal for a new trial based on the deprivation of an…”
State v. Anderson, 603 N.W.2d 354 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “5, explicitly stated that “[a] challenge for implied bias may be taken for all or any of the following causes, and for no other”) (emphasis added). Crime victim status is not one of the proper causes for challenge.”
Schoeb v. Cowles, 156 N.W.2d 895 (Minn. 1968). · cites it 2× “Section 631.31 provides in part: “A challenge for implied bias may be taken for all or any of the following causes, and for no other: % H* % “(2) Standing in relation of guardian and ward, attorney and client, master and servant, landlord and tenant, or being a member of the…”
State v. Jackson, 147 N.W.2d 689 (Minn. 1967). “While it may be a justifiable assumption that a former deputy sheriff would be more inclined to believe police officers with whom he had worked in the past than witnesses of an accused defendant, that is not necessarily so.”
Minn. Stat. § 631.31(2): 1 case
State v. Stufflebean, 329 N.W.2d 314 (Minn. 1983). “Because Stufflebean has failed to show any actual bias or prejudice, failed to challenge for cause after completion of voir dire, and merely exhausted all preemptory strikes prior to reaching one of the challenged jurors, the appeal for a new trial based on the deprivation of an…”
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