Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's cross-examination, upon which the convicted person shall answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's answer thereto.
Minn. Stat. § 595.07
CONVICTED PERSON AS WITNESS.
Known as the Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act
The act spans §§ 595–595 (10 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Griese (1997)
Most recently applied in State v. Griese (June 1997)
(9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.