STATE v. MIDDLETON

No. C9-85-1344.

386 N.W.2d 226 (1986)

STATE of Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence Bruce MIDDLETON, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Stanich, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for plaintiff.

William M. Schade, New Ulm, for defendant.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

The defendant was convicted by a Brown County District Court jury of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.345 subd. 1(c) (1984). The jury was instructed that the charge required the sexual contact of which defendant was accused be "accomplished or accompanied by coercion," an alteration of the statutory language.1 The jury returned a conviction and the trial court, with the consent...

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