STATE v. CHRISTIANSON

No. C6-83-1992.

361 N.W.2d 30 (1985)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Alan Ray CHRISTIANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, J. Christopher Cuneo, Stacey A. DeKalb, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Robert F. Carolan, Dakota Co. Atty., Mark Nathan Lystig, Asst. Dakota Co. Atty., Hastings, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Alan Christianson was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on first degree manslaughter. He also contends that he was denied a fair trial because of certain evidentiary rulings and prosecutorial improprieties. We affirm.

Alan Christianson had been married for four years when he discovered, in 1982, that his wife, Jane, was having...

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