STATE v. NORRIS

No. C9-87-1414.

428 N.W.2d 61 (1988)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Gerald W. NORRIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Richard Hellweg, Asst. Public Defender, C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Anne E. Peek, Linda K. Jenny, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

Gerald W. Norris was convicted by a Hennepin County District Court jury of murder in the first degree and five counts of assault in the second degree, in connection with the armed robbery of the Schooner Bar in Minneapolis, and the shooting death of James Nelson, a patron of the bar, on October 16, 1986. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder conviction and to consecutive terms of 60 months for each of the five assault convictions. In...

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