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STATE v. WILLEY

No. C1-91-861.

480 N.W.2d 127 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Albert WILLEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl P. Gray, Earl P. Gray & Associates, St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., and Tom Foley, Ramsey County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., and NORTON and DAVIES, JJ.

OPINION

DAVIES, Judge.

Appellant Michael Albert Willey was convicted of attempted murder in the second degree for shooting his former housemate. Willey asserts the trial court erred in excluding evidence of his intoxication, where such evidence was necessary to support his defense of accident. Agreeing, we reverse and order a new trial.

FACTS

Katherine Ann Mootz met Michael Albert Willey in May or June of 1990. In July, Mootz rented an...

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