STATE v. STEWART

No. C5-92-2347.

514 N.W.2d 559 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Scott Edward STEWART, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stuart, State Public Defender and Melissa Sheridan, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Margaret H. Chutich, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Roger S. Van Heel, Stearns County Atty., St. Cloud, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

GARDEBRING, Justice.

The appellant, Scott Edward Stewart, was convicted of eleven counts of first degree murder in connection with the disappearance and death of Melissa Johnson, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release under Minn.Stat. § 609.184 (1992). Appellant appeals his conviction on three grounds. First, he contends the peremptory challenge of a Native American venire person was discriminatory. Second, he...

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