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STATE v. McKENZIE

No. C2-93-436.

511 N.W.2d 14 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Rene Julian McKENZIE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 21, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Donna J. Wolfson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, and Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

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

SIMONETT, Justice.

A Hennepin County jury convicted defendant-appellant Rene Julian McKenzie of first degree murder in the death of Perry Pajunen. On appeal, defendant McKenzie alleges insufficiency of the evidence, improper admission of testimony, and prosecutorial misconduct. We affirm.

Perry Pajunen was killed May 15, 1991. A homeowner found his body in a wooded lot on April 4, 1992. On April 7, 1992, the police arrested Ian James, a friend of defendant...

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