STATE v. CHAVARRIA-CRUZ

No. A11-1181.

State of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jose Miguel Chavarria-Cruz, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed July 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, J. Michael Richardson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Melissa Sheridan, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota, for appellant.

Considered and decided by Peterson, Presiding Judge; Stoneburner, Judge; and Willis, Judge.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

WILLIS, Judge.*

Appellant challenges his conviction of first-degree felony murder, arguing that (1) protections against double jeopardy and due process barred the state from prosecuting him for first-degree felony murder, (2) testimony from an accomplice was not properly corroborated and, (3) the accomplice testimony, coupled with testimony from a fellow gang member, was insufficient to support his conviction...

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