State v. Carter

YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree under Minn. Stat. § 609.344(c) (1976) (using force or coercion to accomplish sexual penetration), and was sentenced by the trial court to a limited maximum prison term of 5 (instead of 10) years. On his direct appeal defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on force or coercion, contends that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of the fear experienced by the complainant after the alleged criminal act, and claims that the prosecutor committed…