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STATE v. ADAMS

No. 42183.

192 N.W.2d 199 (1971)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John B. ADAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Ronald L. Haskvitz, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren R. Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, George M. Scott, County Atty., Henry McCarr and David Roston, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C.J., and OTIS, ROGOSHESKE, and PETERSON, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was charged by indictment with two counts, murder in the second degree and aggravated assault. He was convicted by a jury of a lesser degree of the first count, manslaughter in the first degree, and of aggravated assault. Both offenses arose out of a single behavioral incident when defendant, after tippling all day, shot his revolver either directly at the 43-year-old female victim or at the persons attempting to forcibly prevent...

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