State v. Beck

Peterson, Justice.

Defendant, who was convicted, after a jury trial, of aggravated robbery (Minn. St. 609.245 and 609.05), appeals from a judgment of conviction and from an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

On March 11, 1970, a jury found defendant guilty of driving a get-away car used in connection with a robbery of the Venetian Inn, 2814 Rice Street, in the village of Little Canada. The evidence adduced at trial, viewed most favorably to sustain the jury’s verdict, linked defendant with the crime; but, as will be observed, the evidence was not…