State v. Utsch

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant Charles Utsch of fleeing from a police officer, Minn.Stat. § 609.487, subd. 3 (1986), and driving after revocation, Minn.Stat. § 171.24 (1986). On appeal Utsch challenges the admission of Spreigl evidence and claims the prosecutor committed misconduct. We affirm.

FACTS

At about 1:00 a.m. on June 19, 1985, Stearns County Deputy Sheriff David Pes-chong was on patrol outside Richmond, Minnesota. After Peschong witnessed a red pickup truck commit several traffic violations, he attempted to stop the vehicle by activating his emergency lights. The…