STATE v. DeWALD

No. C5-89-2273.

464 N.W.2d 500 (1991)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. James Albert DEWALD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stuart, State Public Defender, Susan J. Andrews, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey III, Minnesota Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Anne E. Peek, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

James Albert DeWald was convicted of first degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(1) (1990), and first degree felony murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(3) (1990), in connection with the death of 74-year-old Marjorie Haugsrud on October 14, 1988. He appeals the convictions claiming that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting evidence of his participation in a second murder three weeks after the Haugsrud homicide. We affirm...

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