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STATE v. LEE

No. 48409.

282 N.W.2d 896 (1979)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. James Edward LEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Robert Oliphant, Allen E. Christie, Jr., Asst. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Gary Hansen, Norman B. Coleman Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, DeWayne P. Mattson, County Atty., Rochester, for respondent.

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

YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant James Lee from a conviction for first-degree murder by a jury in Winona County District Court. The court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment, pursuant to Minn.St. 609.185(1). We affirm.

The questions presented on appeal are:

1. Did the trial court err in refusing defendant's request for an instruction on the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the first degree?

2. Were defendant...

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