State v. Morris

Otis, Justice.

Defendant appeals from convictions for indecent assault, Minn. St. 617.08, and kidnapping, Minn. St. 609.25, subd. 1(2), arising out of a single- behavioral incident. Defendant pled not guilty to the charges. He was tried by a jury and found guilty. He did not testify on his own behalf.

At about 2:30 a. m., Saturday, February 26, 1966, the complainant, a student at the University of Minnesota, was crossing the campus on her way home from visiting friends when she was suddenly confronted by an assailant whom she identified as the defendant. Without warning, defendant struck her in…