STATE v. MORRISON

No. 43398.

213 N.W.2d 629 (1974)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Thomas A. MORRISON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Patricia L. Belois, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Norris C. Hystad, Co. Atty., Grand Marais, for respondent.

Considered en banc without oral argument.


SCOTT, Justice.

Defendant, charged with first-degree murder and convicted by a district court jury of the lesser offense of third-degree murder, contends on this appeal from judgment of conviction that (1) the trial court erred in admitting the weapon into evidence, (2) the public defender did not give him the adequate representation to which he was entitled, and (3) the trial court erred in its instructions in stating that defendant had admitted killing the victim...

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