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STATE v. JOHNSEN

No. C2-84-1434.

364 N.W.2d 494 (1985)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jerry Allan JOHNSEN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied May 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., J. Michael Richardson, Minneapolis, for respondent.

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Heidi H. Crissey, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and WOZNIAK and SEDGWICK, JJ., with oral argument waived.

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

Appellant Jerry Johnsen was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.19(1) (1982), for killing his estranged wife's lover. Johnsen admitted at trial that he was responsible for the death of the victim, but claimed that it was done in the heat of passion and that he was therefore only guilty of first degree manslaughter. Minn.Stat. § 609.20 (1982). On appeal, he raises a number of issues, the principal...

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