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STATE v. HANSON

No. 40037.

176 N.W.2d 607 (1970)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Vernon Darrell HANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney E. Tarutis, Bemidji, for appellant.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., Darrell Hill, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul., Robert Braseth, County Atty., Keith C. Davison, Asst. County Atty., Wheaton, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and SHERAN, PETERSON, FRANK T. GALLAGHER, and THEODORE B. KNUDSON, JJ.

OPINION

SHERAN, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of conviction for the crime of murder in the second degree.

On October 6, 1964, at about 4 p. m., defendant, Vernon Hanson, shot and killed his wife, Rosella, at Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota. The weapon used was a .22-caliber rifle which was found to contain 13 rounds of .22 "longs" after the fatal shot had been fired. When the gun was fired by Hanson, he was standing in the yard adjacent...

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