State v. Bonga

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a district court judgment of conviction.

On November 24, 1965, a judge of the District Court of Ramsey County, sitting without a jury, convicted defendant of simple robbery, Minn. St. 609.24. Defendant appeals on the ground that the evidence compelled the trial court to accept his defense of intoxication.

At about 2 p. m. October 16, 1965, defendant, a 28-year-old man, was released from Ancker Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for a tubercular condition. That afternoon he, his brother, and a friend consumed a half gallon of wine. At about 4 p. m.…