STATE v. WEEKES

No. 47712.

268 N.W.2d 705 (1978)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. William Elmer WEEKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Gregory Gaut, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jane Prohaska, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Nagel, County Atty., Litchfield, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, YETKA, and IVERSON, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was charged with feloniously causing the death of one Michael T. Biel in the city of Litchfield, Minnesota, in April 1974. The case was tried before a jury in the Meeker County District Court, where defendant was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree.

Defendant initially appealed from the judgment of conviction in June 1975. In that first appeal appellant challenged the legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting that...

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