State v. Stofflet

OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. Minn.St. 609.344(c) (using force or coercion to accomplish sexual penetration). He was sentenced by the trial court to a 10-year term. Defendant’s direct appeal was stayed so he could petition for postconviction relief. When that petition was denied, defendant combined an appeal from that order with the reinstated direct appeal. Defendant raises two issues: (1) whether, notwithstanding his failure to object at trial, he should receive a new trial on the ground that…