Legal Opinion
State v. Watts
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 15, 1973No. 43660PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacLaughlin, Justice.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of kidnapping. Minn. St. 609.25, subd. 1(2, 3). Defendant was tried by a jury and testified on his own behalf. We affirm.
The victim, Philip William Chase, age 56, testified that on Saturday afternoon, July 17, 1971, he was waiting for a bus at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Lake Street in Minneapolis. Chase was carrying a bag of groceries at the time. He testified at trial that he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw defendant coming up Fourth Avenue toward Lake Street and pass back of him. As defendant passed, he hit Chase,…
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