State v. Googins

Defendant, after a lengthy trial on a total of seven separate charges, was found guilty by a district court jury of terroristic threats, indecent exposure, and disorderly conduct, Minn.St. 609.713, subd. 1, 617.23, and 609.72, subd. 1(2) (3), and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum 3-year term in prison with execution stayed. Defendant raises two issues on this appeal from judgment of conviction': (1) Whether the trial court erred in ordering a joint trial or in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial after his two codefendants pleaded guilty during trial, and (2) whether the…