BELLCOURT v. STATE

No. C7-85-1553.

390 N.W.2d 269 (1986)

John Clinton BELLCOURT, Petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Kennedy, Hennepin Co. Public Defender, David M. Duffy, Michael H. McGlennen, Asst. Co. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Lee W. Burry, Asst. Co. Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on defendant's appeal from a judgment entered on his conviction for first-degree felony murder. He specifically complains of the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on the revival of an aggressor's right to self-defense and its refusal to submit to the jury the lesser-included offenses of third-degree murder and manslaughter in the first and second degrees. We affirm.

On Thursday, February 10, 1983, defendant...

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