State v. Ali

OPINION

WILLIS, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction of first-degree assault, arguing that he is entitled to a new trial because (1) the district court abused its discretion by denying his request for an instruction to the jury on a lesser-included offense, (2) the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct, and (3) he was prosecuted by an assistant county attorney whose license to practice law was on restricted status. We affirm.

FACTS

In the early morning of January 7, 2007, appellant Abdulkani Ali got into an argument with a clerk at a Minneapolis convenience store and began using…