State v. Fossen

OPINION

SCOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of three counts of second degree murder entered by the district court in Ano-ka County after a jury trial on an indictment which charged defendant with three counts of first degree murder for the shotgun slayings of his father, mother, and sister. The judgment provided that three indeterminate sentences of 0 to 40 years be served concurrently. We affirm.

At the time of the shootings, defendant lived in the upstairs area of his parents’ house, located on Highway 10 between the cities of Anoka and Elk River. His parents, Leroy…