STATE v. CHARLTON

No. C7-82-856.

338 N.W.2d 26 (1983)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Joseph William CHARLTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Elizabeth B. Davies, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John Dimich, Itasca County Atty., Grand Rapids, for respondent.

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


WAHL, Justice.

This appeal is from a conviction for aggravated robbery in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.245 (1982) and liability for the crimes of another under Minn.Stat. § 609.05 (1982). Appellant, who relied on the defense of duress, claims that the trial court, in its jury instructions, impermissibly shifted the burden of proof on the element of intent to him. He views this burden as a violation of due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment of...

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