State v. Stout

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two charges of theft of property valued in excess of $2,500, Minn.St. 609.52, subd. 2(1) and 2(3), and was sentenced by the trial court to a single maximum term of 10 years in prison, § 609.52, subd. 3(1). On this direct appeal defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in permitting the trial to continue in defendant’s absence after he voluntarily left the state during trial, (2) the court erred in admitting certain evidence about defendant’s postarrest conduct, (3) there was insufficient evidence that defendant committed any…