State v. Peterson

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of conviction which raises only a sentencing issue.

Defendant, who is 58, was charged in December of 1981 with counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first and second degrees for using his position of authority to compel the victim to have sexual intercourse with him in August 1980 and to submit to sexual contact in July of 1981, both acts occurring at a time when the victim was at least 13 but less than 16 years of age. Minn.Stat. §§ 609.342(b), 609.-343(b) (1980).

At defendant’s jury trial the trial court admitted Spreigl evidence…