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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A06-1354 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jonathan Sanders, Appellant. Filed January 15, 2008 Affirmed; motion granted Klaphake, Judge Ramsey County District Court File No. K0-05-1205 Lori Swanson, Attorney General, 1800 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-2134; and Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Jeanne L. Schleh, Assistant County Attorney, 50 West Kellogg Blvd., Suite 315, St. Paul, MN 55102 (for respondent) John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Benjamin J. Butler, Assistant State Public Defender, 540 Fairview Avenue North, Suite 300, St. Paul, MN 55104 (for appellant) Considered and decided by Klaphake, Presiding Judge; Shumaker, Judge; and Worke, Judge. SYLLABUS 1. The Minnesota Scales recording requirement is a procedural rule governing

Minnesota law enforcement; the Scales requirement does not extend to statements taken in a foreign jurisdiction, and such statements need not be suppressed solely on the basis that they were not recorded in accordance with Scales.

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Evidence of a defendant's prior sexual misconduct against the victim and

her sister is admissible as prior domestic abuse evidence under Minn. Stat.

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