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STATE v. DODIS

No. 50394.

314 N.W.2d 233 (1982)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John DODIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, and Robert D. Goodell, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Tom Foley, County Atty., and Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

SCOTT, Justice.

Defendant John Dodis was convicted of murder in the second degree for the death on September 15, 1977, of George Paladie. A jury in Ramsey County District Court, in a bifurcated trial pursuant to the provisions of Minn.R.Crim.P. 20.02, subd. 6(5), found the elements of the offense of second-degree murder proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then rejected his mental illness defense.

Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and a number...

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