State v. Bird

YETKA, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn. Stat. § 609.342(b) (1976) (sexual penetration of complainant between 13 and 16 years old by actor who is more than 48 months older and is in a position of authority over the complainant and uses this authority to coerce the complainant to submit). The trial court sentenced defendant to a maximum prison term of 20 years and denied defendant’s petition for postconviction relief. On this appeal from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying…