STATE v. MATTSON

No. C7-83-561.

359 N.W.2d 616 (1984)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John R. MATTSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Alan Mitchell, St. Louis County Atty., Duluth, for respondent.

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


SIMONETT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of possession of cocaine, and was sentenced by the trial court to 1 year and 1 day in prison, with execution stayed on condition that defendant serve 2 years on probation, the first 6 months in jail. On this appeal, defendant seeks (1) an outright reversal of its conviction because the evidence was insufficient that he knew the nature of the substance he possessed or (2) a new trial...

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