State of Minnesota v. Danny Lee Zinski

Summary

The Supreme Court of Minnesota reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the district court's failure to give a sua sponte limiting instruction on relationship evidence admitted under Minn. Stat. § 634.20 was not plain error, and it announced a new rule requiring such an instruction unless the defendant objects. Justice Lillehaug and Justice McKeig filed concurring opinions objecting to the new rule’s scope and procedure.