STATE v. THURSTON

No. 43792.

216 N.W.2d 267 (1974)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Robert Oscar THURSTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Friedberg, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Theodore R. Rix, Michael McGlennen, and Vernon E. Bergstrom, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant, charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Minn.St. 609.185(1), in the shooting deaths of his estranged wife, Katherine Raskie, and her friend, Carole Mastro, was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of second-degree murder, § 609.19, and, upon conviction, sentenced to two terms of not to exceed 40 years, to be served concurrently. The main issue raised on defendant's appeal is whether the trial court committed...

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