State v. Norton

SUMMARY OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

FACTS

Appellant Norton was charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the *418first degree, kidnapping, and assault in the second degree. On December 26, 1983, appellant met Pamela Domke, appellant’s ex-girlfriend, outside a restaurant in Buffalo, in Wright County. He forced her in her car at knifepoint. Following a struggle in which Domke sustained a bruised head and arm, he drove her to his motel room in Long Lake, located in Hennepin County. On route, appellant held the knife against her and choked and hit her in the face. At the motel, Domke…