State v. Hill

Otis, Justice.

Defendant, Stanley Curtis Hill, appeals from a conviction for aggravated rape which occurred on July 27, 1975, in the city of St. Paul, for which he has been sentenced to serve a term not to exceed 20 years in the state reformatory.

Three issues are presented on this appeal: 1) Whether Minn. St. 609.347 unconstitutionally deprived defendant of the opportunity to introduce evidence bearing on the defense of consent; 2) whether our decision in State v. Gabler, 294 Minn. 457, 199 N. W. 2d 439 (1972), should be overruled; and 3) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the…