STATE v. KOTKA

No. 38969.

152 N.W.2d 445 (1967)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Raymond W. KOTKA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 4, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Noonan, St. Paul, for appellant.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John C. Arko, County Atty., David A. Peterson, Asst. County Atty., Duluth, for respondent.


OPINION

PETERSON, Justice.

Defendant, Raymond W. Kotka, was charged and convicted of murder in the second degree for the unpremeditated shooting to death of Nestor Marttinen in St. Louis County on October 3, 1961.1

The primary issue on this appeal from the conviction is whether the alleged murder weapon, a .32-caliber pistol owned by defendant, was properly admitted into evidence...

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