State v. Willman

Defendant, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, appeals from a judgment of conviction of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, Minn. St. 609.175, subd. 2. We affirm.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict of guilty, discloses that on July 7, 1971, defendant secured the agreement of one Anderson Toles to kill defendant’s wife in return for $2,000 in cash, and then, with Toles, formulated a detailed plan for the commission of the crime. This plan specified that on the afternoon of July 9, 1971, defendant would drive Toles to the parking lot of his…