State v. Bettin

KELLY, Justice.

Defendant was acquitted by a district court jury of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342(c) & (e)(i) (1978) but was found guilty of a lesser-included offense of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.344(c) (1978) (penetration accomplished by use of force or coercion). The trial court sentenced defendant to a maximum indeterminate prison term of 10 years. On this appeal from judgment of conviction defendant contends (1) that the evidence that force or coercion was used was legally insufficient, (2) that the trial…