Peterson v. State

TODD, Justice.

Complainant had been drinking at various bars in Mankato, Minnesota. In the late evening, she met Hans R. Peterson. The couple continued drinking and complainant made provocative statements in public on at least two occasions. She left with Peterson, who drove her into the countryside and forced her to commit fellatio and masturbation. He physically mistreated her. The trial court, without objection, did not define to the jury the term “great bodily harm,” which related to an element of the crime. The jury found Peterson guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. In…