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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. C6-92-896.

493 N.W.2d 577 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Donald Roy PATTERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Mark F. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka County Atty., Douglas Peine, Sp. Asst. County Atty., Anoka, for respondent.

Considered and decided by SHORT, P.J., and PARKER and PETERSON, JJ.

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Appellant Donald Patterson challenges his bigamy conviction under Minn.Stat. § 609.355, subd. 2(3) (1990). Patterson argues the trial court erred in its instructions to the jury and by allowing testimony that his first wife left him under police protection. We affirm.

FACTS

Patterson married Cynthia O'Keefe in 1985, and in the summer of 1990 they separated. Patterson testified that after they broke up Cynthia...

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