Effinger v. State

SUMMARY OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

FACTS

On January 14, 1976, appellant and his brother decided to rob and murder a cab driver to get some spending money. They called a cab and asked the driver to proceed to the intersection of two rural streets outside Duluth, Minnesota. Appellant struck the driver over the head five or six times with a wrench, took the unconscious driver’s wallet, and pushed the driver out of the cab into a snowbank in sub-zero weather.

Appellant then jumped into the driver’s seat, drove the cab a short distance, and abandoned it. Appellant and his brother obtained $30 from the…