People v. Herrera

The defendants were convicted of aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. They ask us to reverse because (1) a sealed verdict was improperly used; (2) a new trial should have been granted on the ground of newly discovered evidence; and (3) counsel was incompetent. We affirm.

The victim identified the defendants as the robbers. A woman testified at both trials that on the night of the robbery she and both defendants were in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and that she and one of the defendants attended a party that night, while the other defendant baby-sat with her child. She further…