STATE v. LUCAS

No. C7-84-344.

372 N.W.2d 731 (1985)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Arthur William LUCAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Minnesota State Public Defender, J. Christopher Cuneo, Ass't State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Stanich, Sp. Asst., Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Julius E. Gernes, Winona Co. Atty., Winona, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


COYNE, Justice.

Defendant, Arthur William Lucas, was found guilty by a district court jury of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.05, 609.175, subd. 2(2), and 609.185(1) (1984), for participating with his girl friend, Carlene Ann Buschkopf, in the planned "killing for insurance" of her husband, Theodore, ("Ted") Buschkopf. Defendant was sentenced by the trial court...

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