State v. Ward

*295OPINION

FORSBERG, Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction for burglary, Minn.Stat. § 609.58 Subd. 2(2) (repealed). Appellant moved before trial for a change of venue due to pretrial publicity and for an order ruling that appellant’s prior convictions would not be admissible against him for purposes of impeachment. The trial court at a pretrial hearing denied the motion for a change of venue and ruled that the prior convictions would be admissible for impeachment. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced appellant to 34 months executed sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

On February 13, 1983,…