State v. LaFrance

Defendant, charged by information with aggravated rape, Minn. St. 609.291(1), was found guilty by a district court jury of attempted aggravated rape, Minn. St. 609.17, subd. 1, and sentenced by the trial court to an indeterminate sentence not to exceed 15 years, raises a number of issues on this appeal from judgment of conviction. We affirm.

1. Defendant’s first contention is that the trial court erred in determining that a typewritten confession signed by defendant was admissible. Defendant, in making this contention, points to his testimony at the Pasmussen hearing showing that the officers,…