State v. Palm

OTIS, Justice.

Defendant was originally charged in 1977 and was found guilty by a district court jury of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree and burglary, and the trial court Sentenced defendant to 20 years in prison. In 1979, after a postconviction hearing, a district court judge granted defendant a new trial and defendant was retried and again found guilty of the same offenses. The trial judge who presided at the second trial sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of 15 years for the sex offense and 5 years for the burglary. Issues raised by defendant on this appeal from judgment…