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STATE v. RAINER

No. C6-86-1232.

411 N.W.2d 490 (1987)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Joseph Leander RAINER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christopher Cuneo, James M. Lockhart, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John E. MacGibbon, Sherburne Co. Atty., Elk River, Kim Brandell, Thomas N. Price, Asst. Sherburne Co. Attys., Elk River, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

WAHL, Justice.

Joseph Rainer was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the shooting death of Marla Forrest in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.185(1) (1986) after a jury trial from April 22 to May 7, 1986, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals on four grounds: intrusion by a state investigator into the activities of the defense's expert witness; sufficiency of the evidence; the admission of Spreigl evidence; and the denial...

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