PETERSON v. STATE

No. 49657.

282 N.W.2d 878 (1979)

Hans R. PETERSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Michael F. Cromett, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Fabel, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Gary Hansen, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John F. Corbey, County Atty., Mankato, for respondent.

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


TODD, Justice.

Complainant had been drinking at various bars in Mankato, Minnesota. In the late evening, she met Hans R. Peterson. The couple continued drinking and complainant made provocative statements in public on at least two occasions. She left with Peterson, who drove her into the countryside and forced her to commit fellatio and masturbation. He physically mistreated her. The trial court, without objection, did not define to the jury the term "great bodily...

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