STATE v. SWANSON

No. 45363.

240 N.W.2d 822 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Raymond J. SWANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Bruce C. Douglas and Ronald E. Budd, Ass't. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Michael H. McGlennen, David W. Larson and Thomas I. Hara, Ass't. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before KELLY, TODD and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of second-degree manslaughter and an order denying his post-trial motions. We affirm.

Defendant, Raymond Swanson, a 17-year-old, was certified for adult prosecution and indicted on a charge of first-degree manslaughter1 in the killing of Terrance Tarver, his mother's fiance. At about midnight on the evening of June 7, 1974...

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