State v. Heinkel

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of charges of kidnapping, Minn. Stat. § 609.25, subd. 1(2) and 2(2) (1980) (victim released in an unsafe place) and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, section 609.342(d) (sexual penetration accomplished by use of a dangerous weapon). The trial court sentenced defendant for the kidnapping to 180 months in prison. Issues raised on appeal relate to the admission of evidence of pretrial and in-court eyewitness identification testimony, the adequacy of representation provided by defendant’s trial counsel, and the propriety…