STATE v. CURTIS

No. 49258.

295 N.W.2d 253 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jesse Lee CURTIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Kathy A. King and Catherine A. Ludden, Asst. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Asst. County Atty., Chief, Appellate Section, David Larson and Michael H. McGlennen, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY, and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

Defendant Jesse Lee Curtis was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.344(b) (1978)1 and sentenced to a term not to exceed seven years. He appeals, arguing that the evidence was not sufficient to support a guilty verdict, that the prosecutor's closing argument constituted prejudicial misconduct, and that the trial court erred...

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