STATE v. BACK

Nos. CX-83-554, C9-83-1002.

341 N.W.2d 273 (1983)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Ronald William BACK, Appellant (CX-83-554), James Croft, Appellant (C9-83-1002).

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender by Mark F. Anderson, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant Back.

Robert D. Goodell, Minneapolis, for appellant Croft.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., and Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief Appellate Div., for respondent.

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


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

We have consolidated for purposes of decision the sentencing appeals of Ronald William Back and James Croft, both of whom were convicted in Hennepin County District Court of second-degree felony murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.19(2) (1982), for their roles in the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman early on July 17, 1982. We affirm.

The records on appeal indicate that, after an evening of drinking and smoking marijuana, defendants and...

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