STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 46545.

258 N.W.2d 615 (1977)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Robert Hilliard TAYLOR, a.k.a. Hilliard Taylor, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Rosalie E. Wahl, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, William B. Randall, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

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


TODD, Justice.

Robert Hilliard Taylor was convicted by a jury of murder in the third degree. Taylor based his defense at trial upon the claim that he had acted in self-defense. During the proceedings, the trial court refused to permit Taylor to introduce oral statements made by him to friends and the police, to introduce a stenographic statement of his version of the facts, or to introduce the victim's past criminal record of convictions. We affirm.

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