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STATE v. WHITTAKER

No. CX-96-1641.

568 N.W.2d 440 (1997)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Karon Allen WHITTAKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Rosen, Rosen & Russo, P.A., Golden Valley, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Late in the evening of January 29, 1996, two armed men forcibly entered a home in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota and shot two of its residents, fatally injuring one of them. Appellant Karon Allen Whittaker was arrested shortly after the homicide while running away from the crime scene. When arrested, Whittaker was wearing a jacket which resembled the witnesses' descriptions of the clothing worn by one of the armed men. A grand...

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