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STATE v. MORALES

No. A07-2401.

788 N.W.2d 737 (2010)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Angel MORALES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Benjamin J. Butler, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

A Hennepin County jury found Angel Morales guilty of second-degree felony murder for the death of Victor Mesa-Ortiz during the commission of an aggravated robbery. The Hennepin County District Court convicted Morales of this crime and sentenced him to 150 months in prison. At trial, the State alleged that Morales's accomplice, Felipe Vega-Lara, shot and killed Mesa-Ortiz when Mesa-Ortiz resisted an attempt to rob him at...

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