STATE v. KILBURN

No. 44136.

231 N.W.2d 61 (1975)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John William KILBURN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Jack S. Nordby, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert W. Johnson, County Atty., and Edward W. Bearse, Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


SCOTT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of first-degree murder, Minn.St. 609.185(1), and sentenced by the presiding judge to a term of life imprisonment as provided by law. Defendant contends, on this appeal from the judgment of conviction, that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to waive his right to trial by jury. We affirm.

Around midnight on April 27, 1972, Mrs. Shirley Harrison of Blaine informed the police that...

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