State v. Jensen

SCOTT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342(c) (1980) (sexual penetration accomplished by putting victim in reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm). The trial court sentenced defendant to 76 months in prison, which is the presumptive sentence for this offense (severity level VIII) when committed by one such as defendant, who had a criminal history score of three.

The sole issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

The fact of penetration was not in dispute in this case. The…