State v. Curtis

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant Jesse Lee Curtis was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.-344(b) (1978) 1 and sentenced to a term not to exceed seven years. He appeals, arguing that the evidence was not sufficient to support a guilty verdict, that the prosecutor’s closing argument constituted prejudicial misconduct, and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury regarding the lesser included offense of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. We affirm.

The complainant in this case, 14-year-old Robbie Jean Ward, is markedly…