State v. Love

Graff, Justice. *

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction of the crime of aggravated assault in violation of Minn. St. 609.225, subd. 1.

Defendant contends on appeal (1) that the evidence presented by the state was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain the jury’s verdict; and (2) that defendant was deprived of a fair trial because the trial court’s instructions to the jury did not include an instruction that defendant did not have the burden to prove that he acted in self-defense and that the state had the burden to prove that he did not act in self-defense.

1. With respect to the…