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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. A07-2079.

759 N.W.2d 438 (2009)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Ray Anthony WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and David J. Hauser, Otter Tail County Attorney, Michelle M. Eldien, Assistant County Attorney, Fergus Falls, MN, for respondent.

Lawrence Hammerling, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Bradford S. Delapena, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by HUDSON, Presiding Judge; LARKIN, Judge; and COLLINS, Judge.

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of first-degree arson. Appellant argues that the district court erred by failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, regarding the relevant accomplice liability law after instructing the jury that it could find appellant guilty if he, or another for whose acts he is liable, caused the fire. Because the omission of any instruction regarding accomplice liability law was plain error that affected appellant...

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