State v. Plan

SIMONETT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, two counts of aggravated robbery, and a weapons charge, for his role as the gunman in the December 1, 1979, robbery of a St. Paul liquor store during which defendant shot and killed one of the employees. In part two of what was a bifurcated trial, because of defendant’s plea of not guilty by reason of mental illness, the jury reaffirmed these determinations. The trial court sentenced defendant to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder. The court also found that defendant…