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STATE v. PATTERSON

No. C7-97-487.

577 N.W.2d 494 (1998)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Scott Allen PATTERSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, Minnesota Public Defender, Bradford S. Delapena, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for Appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey III, State Attorney General, St. Paul, Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, St. Paul, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Scott Allen Patterson was convicted by a Ramsey County jury of first-degree murder for the May 7, 1996, beating death of 71-year-old Jack Weiss, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Patterson was sentenced to a term of life in prison. In this direct appeal, the primary issue raised is whether the trial court denied Patterson a fair trial by admitting into evidence the terms of a plea agreement requiring an accomplice testifying at Patterson's trial...

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