State v. Pitkanen
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The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court convicting and sentencing Defendant for assault with a weapon, holding that the district court erred in its calculation of Defendant's credit for time served.
On appeal, Defendant challenged several evidentiary rulings and the calculation of credit toward his sentence for time served. The Supreme Court remanded the case, holding that the district court (1) did not err by admitting the victim's hospital statement at trial as a prior inconsistent statement; (2) did not err by admitting evidence of a conversation between Defendant and his girlfriend as an admission by party-opponent; and (3) should have awarded Defendant an additional 269 days of credit for time served.
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