STATE v. CRISLER

No. 48728.

285 N.W.2d 679 (1979)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jesse James CRISLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Minneapolis, Barry Voss, Roseville, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas W. Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before ROGOSHESKE, TODD, and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant, Jesse J. Crisler, was found guilty by a district court jury of second-degree murder1 and sentenced to 0 to 40 years. On appeal he asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict of guilty, that the jury was not properly instructed on the defense of accidental death, and that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence statements made by him to the police. We conclude that by...

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