State v. Mitjans

COYNE, Justice.

We granted the state’s petition for review in order to decide whether the court of appeals erred in granting a new trial to defendant, who was convicted by a district court jury of second-degree felony murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.19(2) and 609.222 (1986). The appeal raises issues relating to the use of interpreters in the interrogation and prosecution of criminal suspects, the adequacy of the trial court’s instructions on self defense, the propriety of the trial court’s refusal to submit culpably negligent manslaughter, and the legality of the…