# State v. Dana

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · April 15, 1988 · 422 N.W.2d 246

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9717970

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Brian Eugene DANA, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** April 15, 1988
- **Citations:** 422 N.W.2d 246; 1988 Minn. LEXIS 88; 1988 WL 32681
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Popovich
- **Judges:** Amdahl, Kelley, Popovich
- **Cited by:** 22 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9717970

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, while expert testimony as to who had abused two brothers aged four and five was objectionable, “[e]xpert testimony relating to whether the children had been sexually abused was properly admitted”
- holding hearsay statement of incompetent child admissible because it was reliable as determined by trial court looking at circumstances under which statement was made

## Opinion text

POPOVICH, Justice
(dissenting).
I concur in the dissent of Justice Kelley for the reasons stated.

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