State v. Hill

YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of aggravated robbery, Minn.Stat. § 609.245 (1976), and was sentenced by the trial court to a 3- to 20-year term in prison. On this direct appeal defendant makes a number of contentions. First, defendant argues that a judgment of acquittal, is required because the state negligently destroyed vital evidence which the defense had subpoenaed. Second, defendant argues that he should be given a new trial because his public defender failed to represent him adequately and because one of the bailiffs made statements to the…