STATE v. CURRIE

No. C5-86-766.

400 N.W.2d 361 (1987)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Elmo Macksie CURRIE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied April 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Minneapolis, for respondent.

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Cathryn Y. Middlebrook, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

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


OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Elmo Currie appeals from convictions on two counts of first-degree assault, contending that (1) the "great bodily harm" element of first-degree assault is unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts of this case; (2) there was insufficient evidence of great bodily harm; (3) the trial court erred by refusing to define the word "serious" in the jury instructions; and (4) Spreigl evidence was improperly admitted. Currie also...

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