STATE v. MEYER

No. CX-02-1.

646 N.W.2d 900 (2002)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Troy Alan MEYER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Steven L. Schleicher, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, and Patrick A. Oman, Mower County Attorney, Austin, MN, for appellant.

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Joseph Margulies, Special Assistant Public Defender, Margulies & Richman, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge, WILLIS, Judge, and FOLEY, Judge.


OPINION

WILLIS, Judge.

The state contends that the district court clearly erred by dismissing a felony-murder charge against respondent in favor of the more specific charge of controlled-substance murder for a death caused by a methamphetamine-laboratory explosion. Because we conclude that the district court did not err, we affirm.

FACTS

In January 2001, materials allegedly used to manufacture methamphetamines exploded in the basement of...

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