STATE v. JOLLEY

No. C9-92-1573.

508 N.W.2d 770 (1993)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John Samuel JOLLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender and Cathryn Middlebrook, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., and Michael Richardson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


KEITH, Chief Justice.

Defendant, John Samuel Jolley, appeals from judgment of conviction of first-degree murder claiming, inter alia, that the trial court's instructions to the jury on the defense of mental illness were inadequate. We affirm.

Defendant was an employee of a discount store in Northeast Minneapolis. On the afternoon of August 31, 1991, while working at the store, he spotted the victim, 8-year-old Margaret Marques, who had gone to the basement...

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