STATE v. LINDER

No. 49946.

304 N.W.2d 902 (1981)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Christopher Jessie LINDER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Mark Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert Johnson, County Atty., Robert Stanich, Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and OTIS and PETERSON, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PETERSON, Justice.

In a bifurcated jury trial, defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder. He appeals from the judgment of conviction contending that (1) his motion to waive jury trial should have been granted, (2) there was insufficient evidence to support the jury's finding that he was guilty of first-degree murder, and (3) the evidence mandated a verdict of not guilty by reason of mental illness. We affirm.

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