State v. Williams

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

On February 10, 1998 Hakim Jamal Williams, appellant, was convicted by a jury in Hennepin County of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and first-degree burglary, among other offenses, in connection with an incident on August 8, 1996 in which appellant broke into C.R.’s apartment and sexually assaulted and attempted to kill her. See Minn.Stat. §§ 609.185(1) (1998); 609.17 (1998); 609.342, subd. 1(d), (e)(i) (1998); 609.582, subd. 1(b), (c) (1996). Relying on 15 aggravating factors the trial court departed upwardly from the Minnesota…