Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 634 · 20 active provisions
In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting any note, certificate, bill of credit, or security issued on behalf of the United States or of any state, or for uttering, publishing, or tendering in payment as true any such forged or counterfeit note, certificate, bill of credit, or security, or for being possessed there…
In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting any notes or bills of a banking company or corporation, or for uttering, publishing, or tendering in payment as true any such forged or counterfeit bills or notes, or for being possessed thereof with the intent to utter and pass them as true, the testimony of any person acq…
(a) Any admission, confession, or statement, whether written or oral, made by a person under 18 years of age during a custodial interrogation by a law enforcement agency official or their agent, is presumed to have been made involuntarily and is inadmissible in any proceeding if, during the interrogation, a law enforce…
A confession of the defendant shall not be sufficient to warrant conviction without evidence that the offense charged has been committed; nor can it be given in evidence against the defendant whether made in the course of judicial proceedings or to a private person, when made under the influence of fear produced by thr…
Any person may be convicted for violation of sections 609.75 to 609.76 on the person's own confession out of court, or upon the testimony of an accomplice.
A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless it is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict the defendant of the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Benefit" means any plea bargain, bail consideration, reduction or modification of sentence, or any other leniency, immunity, financial payment, reward, or amelioration of current or future conditions of incarcerat…
No person shall be convicted of murder or manslaughter unless the death of the person alleged to have been killed, and the fact of killing by the defendant, as alleged, are each established as independent facts beyond a reasonable doubt.
(a) Upon presentation of a certificate from a judge of a court of record in any state that may require persons within that state to attend and testify in criminal actions or grand jury investigations in this state stating that (1) there is a criminal action pending in the court or a grand jury investigation has commenc…
If a person, in any state which by its laws has made provision for commanding persons within that state to attend and testify either for the prosecution or the defense in criminal actions, or for the purpose of a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is about to be commenced, in this state, is a material witn…
If a person comes into this state in obedience to a court order directing the person's attendance and testimony in a criminal action or grand jury investigation in this state the person shall not, while in this state, pursuant to such court order, be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in co…
Sections 634.06 to 634.09 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of the states which enact them.
Subdivision 1. Certificates of analysis; blood sample reports; chain of custody. (a) In any hearing or trial of a criminal offense or petty misdemeanor or proceeding pursuant to section 169A.53, subdivision 3, or 171.177, the following documents shall be admissible in evidence: (1) a report of the facts and results of…
In any civil or criminal hearing or trial, the results of a breath test, when performed by a person who has been fully trained in the use of an infrared or other approved breath-testing instrument, as defined in section 169A.03, subdivision 11, pursuant to training given or approved by the commissioner of public safety…
Evidence of domestic conduct by the accused against the victim of domestic conduct, or against other family or household members, is admissible unless the probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issue, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, w…
In a civil or criminal trial or hearing, the results of DNA analysis, as defined in section 299C.155, are admissible in evidence without antecedent expert testimony that DNA analysis provides a trustworthy and reliable method of identifying characteristics in an individual's genetic material upon a showing that the off…
In a civil or criminal trial or hearing, statistical population frequency evidence, based on genetic or blood test results, is admissible to demonstrate the fraction of the population that would have the same combination of genetic markers as was found in a specific human biological specimen. "Genetic marker" means the…
Relevant evidence shall not be excluded in any criminal trial or hearing or in any proceeding arising under section 169A.53 on the ground that it existed or was obtained outside of this state.
(a) If a recorded interview of a child victim of physical or sexual abuse is disclosed by a prosecuting attorney to a defendant or the defendant's attorney, the following applies: (1) no more than two copies of the recording or any portion of the recording may be made by the defendant or the defendant's attorney, inves…
In any hearing or trial of a criminal offense or petty misdemeanor or proceeding pursuant to section 169A.53, subdivision 3, evidence of a videotape, audiotape, or electronic or digital recording prepared by a peace officer, using recording equipment in a law enforcement vehicle or on the officer's person, while in the…