State v. Presley

Defendants were jointly tried by a district court jury and acquitted of aggravated sodomy charges but convicted of aggravated assault charges arising out of an incident allegedly involving another inmate and occurring at the St. Cloud State Reformatory on June 27, 1972. Defendants’ appeals from judgment of conviction have been consolidated. Defendants contend that (1) there was insufficient credible evidence to support the verdict, (2) the trial court erred in admitting details of a statement the victim made to a fellow inmate following the alleged crimes, and (3) the trial court erred in…