State v. Willis

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Appellant Bruce Willis was convicted of aggravated robbery, Minn.Stat. § 609.245 (1982), and burglary, Minn.Stat. § 609.58, subd. 2(l)(b) (1982). On appeal he contends the trial court erred in excluding appellant’s “reverse Spreigl ” evidence, the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions and the upward durational departure was not justified by substantial and compelling circumstances. We affirm and modify the sentence.

FACTS

On April 20, 1983 at 7:15 a.m., as Tammy Curttright was leaving her apartment, she was jumped by a man standing in the central foyer.…