STATE v. SCALES

No. C4-93-1541.

518 N.W.2d 587 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Jerome SCALES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Marie L. Wolf, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, and Michael J. Scales, Stillwater, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Michael O. Freeman, Linda K. Freyer, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

WAHL, Justice.

Michael Jerome Scales appeals from a judgment of conviction, after a jury trial in a Hennepin County District Court, of two counts of first degree murder1 and one count of second degree intentional murder2 in connection with the stabbing death of Otha Brown. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The primary issue on appeal is whether appellant has a due process right under...

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