State v. Thomas

Defendant, after being certified for prosecution as an adult, was found guilty by a Ramsey County District Court jury of aggravated rape, Minn. St. 1974, § 609.291(2), and sentenced by the trial court to the custody of the Youth Conservation Commission. He contends upon this appeal from judgment of conviction that he should be granted a new trial because (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of inculpatory statements he made to police following his arrest; and (2) the prosecutor, in his closing argument, made improper statements which prejudiced him. We affirm.

1. At the Rasmussen…