STATE v. KIRCH

No. 81-405.

322 N.W.2d 770 (1982)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John Arthur KIRCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Kathy King, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Gary Hansen and John H. Daniels, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, Julius Gernes, Winona County Atty., Winona, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


WAHL, Justice.

Defendant John Arthur Kirch appeals from a conviction of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death, on September 7, 1980, of John Schneider, a Winona County Deputy Sheriff. After being indicted by the Winona County Grand Jury, Kirch moved for a change of venue. He was tried in Olmsted County District Court, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirm his conviction.

The events culminating in Schneider's death all...

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