# State v. Jones

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · March 11, 2004 · 678 N.W.2d 1

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9683390

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota, Respondent (C1-02-372), Cross Appellant (C6-02-1064), v. Kent Richard JONES, Appellant (C1-02-372), Cross Respondent (C6-02-1064)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** March 11, 2004
- **Citations:** 678 N.W.2d 1; 2004 Minn. LEXIS 119; 2004 WL 439927
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Page
- **Judges:** Paul H. Anderson
- **Cited by:** 70 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that “when a defendant seeks to introduce exculpatory evidence based on an alternative perpetrator theory, the court must still evaluate this evidence under the ordinary evidentiary rules as it would any other exculpatory evidence”
- stating that a collection of information can provide probable cause, even if each individual fact does not
- rejecting a similarly broad definition of the term “victims,” noting that such a broad definition would lead to “absurd” results
- applying plain error analysis to evidentiary issue

## Opinion text

PAGE, J.
(concurring in part).
I join in part the concurrence of Justice Sam Hanson.

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