STATE v. HOUSLEY

No. 51838.

322 N.W.2d 746 (1982)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Riley Barry HOUSLEY, III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bloedel, Nelson, Slade, Volstad & Hawkinson, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Johnson, County Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Thomas A. Weist, Michael McGlennen, Asst. County Attys., and Anne E. Peek, Staff Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

The criminal prosecution arises out of a shooting incident that took place during the afternoon of December 13, 1979 at the home of the defendant, Riley B. Housley. Housley shot two plain-clothes Minneapolis police officers, Sergeants David Mack and Robert Skomra, after the officers had gained entry to Housley's home in an attempt to execute a search warrant. Defendant Housley was charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of

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