STATE v. WANGBERG

No. 39173.

136 N.W.2d 853 (1965)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Paul WANGBERG, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Padden & Dickel, Crookston, for appellant.

Robert W. Mattson, Atty. Gen., J. Earl Cudd, Sol. Gen., St. Paul, Warren A. Saetre, County Atty., Warren, for respondent.


OTIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for murder in the second degree and from an order denying his motion for a new trial. The issues concern the propriety of the prosecutor's final argument and the foundation for opinion testimony dealing with the defense of insanity.

Defendant was a college student who became involved in a dormitory altercation in the fall of 1961 resulting in a lawyer's writing to his father, a Lutheran minister, recommending...

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