State v. Harding

OTIS, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of charges of criminal sexual conduct in the first and second degrees, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.342(b), 609.343(b) (1980), and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum prison term of 20 years for the more serious offense. On this appeal from judgment of conviction defendant contends (1) that both his convictions should be reversed outright on the ground that the evidence of his guilt was legally insufficient, (2) that, failing that, he should be given a new trial on the ground that the trial court prejudicially erred in admitting…