State v. Carriere

PETERSON, Justice.

This appeal presents for decision a question the trial court has certified as important and doubtful. The Hennepin County grand jury returned an indictment accusing defendant, John Richard Carriere, of the crime of murder in the first degree. By a pretrial motion pursuant to R.Crim.P. 15.-07, defendant tendered a plea of guilty to the crime of murder in the second degree. 1 The prosecutor opposed defendant’s motion, claiming the existence of evidence from which a jury might find premeditation. The trial court did not rule on the motion. Pursuant to Rule 29.02, subd. 4, the…