State v. Shoop

COYNE, Justice.

By majority decision, the court of appeals reversed the second-degree intentional murder conviction of David Shoop and granted him a new trial. State v. Shoop, 429 N.W.2d 259 (Minn.App.1988). It ruled that the trial court erred in denying a request to instruct the jury on the accomplice corroboration requirement and that because the harmless error doctrine has no application, the error required a new trial without regard to the total evidence adduced at trial. Shoop, 429 N.W.2d at 261-63. Although we agree that the trial court erred in denying the defense request, we hold that…