1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to criminal procedure; specifying that the 
  1.3             prosecution has the right to reply in rebuttal to the 
  1.4             closing argument of the defense; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1998, section 631.07. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 631.07, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      631.07 [ORDER OF FINAL ARGUMENT.] 
  1.10     When the giving of evidence is concluded in a criminal 
  1.11  trial, unless the case is submitted on both sides without 
  1.12  argument, the prosecution may make a closing argument to the 
  1.13  jury.  The defense may then make its closing argument to the 
  1.14  jury.  ~~The court shall permit the prosecution to reply in~~ 
  1.15  ~~rebuttal, which shall be limited to a response to any~~ 
  1.16  ~~misstatement of law or fact or a statement that is inflammatory~~ 
  1.17  ~~or prejudicial made by the defense in its closing argument.~~  The 
  1.18  prosecution shall then have the right to reply in rebuttal to 
  1.19  the closing argument of the defense. 
  1.20     Sec. 2.  [RULE SUPERSEDED.] 
  1.21     Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.03, 
  1.22  subdivision 11, is superseded to the extent it conflicts with 
  1.23  section 1.  
  1.24     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.25     Sections 1 and 2 are effective August 1, 1999, and apply to 
  2.1   crimes committed on or after that date.