STATE v. SWANSON

No. C2-92-314.

498 N.W.2d 435 (1993)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. James Shane SWANSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stuart, State Public Defender, Michael F. Cromett, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Stanich, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Bradley C. Rhodes, Aitkin County Atty., Aitkin, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the Court en banc.


KEITH, Chief Justice.

On July 3, 1991, an Aitkin County grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging defendant, James Shane Swanson, with the following offenses in connection with the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Carin Streufert on June 15, 1991, in Itasca and Aitkin Counties: one count of first degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185, subd. 1 (1992); three counts of first degree felony murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185, subds. 2-3 (1992...

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