STATE v. MERRILL

No. C0-87-815.

428 N.W.2d 361 (1988)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Alan MERRILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Sheridan, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, State Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Brian D. Simonson, Asst. St. Louis Co. Atty., Hibbing, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Appellant, Michael Alan Merrill, was convicted after a jury trial in St. Louis County District Court on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree murder. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the refusal of the trial court to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses and alleges prosecutorial misconduct in closing arguments. Appellant also appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition...

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