State v. Lee

YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant James Lee from a conviction for first-degree murder by a jury in Winona County District Court. The court sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment, pursuant to Minn.St. 609.-185(1). We affirm.

The questions presented on appeal are:

1. Did the trial court err in refusing defendant’s request for an instruction on the lesser included offense of manslaughter in the first degree?

2. Were defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights violated when the trial court admitted into evidence a shotgun seized near the farmhouse in which the defendant’s former wife…