State v. Severson

OTIS, Justice.

Defendant was charged with criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342 (1978), and was found guilty by a district court jury of the lesser-included offense of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.344 (1978). The trial court sentenced defendant to a limited maximum term of five (instead of ten) years in prison. On this appeal from judgment of conviction, defendant contends (1) that the conviction should be reversed outright on the ground that the evidence of his guilt was legally insufficient or (2) that at least he should be given a…