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STATE v. WILLIS

No CX-84-1231.

362 N.W.2d 382 (1985)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Samuel Kenneth WILLIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

February 19, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., State of Minnesota, St. Paul, Thomas J. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Anne E. Peek, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Steven P. Russett, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and PARKER and FOLEY, JJ., with oral argument waived.

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellant Samuel Willis was convicted of murder in the second degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.19 (1982) and assault in the second degree, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.222 and 609.11 (1982), and was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 120 and 60 months. On appeal he (1) claims the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the homicide victim's background which was relevant to appellant...

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