OPINION
FOLEY, Judge.
Appellant David Paul Shoop was convicted of second degree murder under Minn. Stat. §§ 609.19(1) and 609.05 (1986). At trial, appellant's counsel requested a jury instruction on corroboration of accomplice testimony. The trial court refused the proposed instruction without stating reasons. We remand for a new trial.
FACTS
On the night of October 22-23, 1986, 24-year-old Timothy Hummel was murdered in a field...
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