STATE v. DEMMINGS

No. 46022.

246 N.W.2d 31 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Willie Mae DEMMINGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Shulman, Legal Redress Committee, Minneapolis, Branch NAACP, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Walter J. Duffy, Jr., City Atty., Larry F. Cooperman, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a Hennepin County Municipal Court jury of simple assault and interfering with police officers in the performance of their duties, Minn.St. 609.22 and 609.50. The trial court stayed imposition of sentence for 1 year pursuant to § 609.135. The sole issue on this appeal from the judgment of conviction is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error when it refused to instruct the jury specifically that it...

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