State v. Rieck

OTIS, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty of five counts of aggravated assault and one count each of first-degree arson, possession of a Molotov cocktail, and first-degree tampering with a witness, Minn.Stat. §§ 299F.815; 609.225, .498, .561 (1978). He was sentenced as follows: three to ten years for one assault; four consecutive terms of three to five years for the other assaults; concurrent terms of three to twenty years for arson; three to five years for possession of a Molotov cocktail; and three to five years for tampering. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred in…