STATE v. ROWLAND

No. 47525.

269 N.W.2d 1 (1978)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Billy Joe ROWLAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Robert Oliphant, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

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

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of third-degree felony murder, Minn.St. 609.195(2), and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 25 years in prison. Defendant appeals from judgment of conviction. We affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that defendant approached an elderly man sitting in a park in broad daylight and robbed him and beat him. Two days later the man died. Police learned...

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