State v. Kruse

YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.345(c) (1978) (use of force or coercion to accomplish sexual contact), and was sentenced by the trial court to a 5-year prison term. Issues raised by defendant on this appeal from judgment of conviction and from an order denying a motion for a new trial are (1) whether the evidence was legally insufficient and (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, in permitting the prosecutor to amend the complaint at the conclusion of the state’s…