State v. Tinklenberg

Kelly, Justice.

Appeal by defendant, Arlene Winnie Tinklenberg, from a conviction, following a jury trial, of three counts of death by criminal negligence contrary to Minn. St. 609.21. Defendant was sentenced to up to 3 years at the Minnesota Correctional Institution for Women, and has since been released on parole. Defendant contends that the admission of morgue photos constituted reversible error and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction. We affirm.

At about 6 a. m. on September 21,1968, defendant was driving her car east on Larpenteur Avenue in St. Paul. As she drove…