Minnesota Court Rules Rap Lyrics Admissable: The Caged BirdÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Song / LifeInNews

Minnesota Court Rules Rap Lyrics Admissable: The Caged BirdÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Song

submitted by mazz01 to General 114 days ago | source: http://www.kanslaw.com

In State v. Atkinson, a precedential opinion issued on November 5, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a district courtÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s admission into evidence of a defendantÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s original rap lyrics Ã¢â‚¬â€œ which he had hand written while in custody in a Ramsey County jail awaiting his trial.Entitled Ã¢â‚¬Å“An Official Jip DissÃ¢â‚¬Â, the lyrics contained various phrases that could be construed as threats of violence against Ã¢â‚¬Å“snitchesÃ¢â‚¬Â, and contained indirect references to two of the StateÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s eye-witnesses in the case.

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