State v. Nelson

J. JEROME PLUNKETT, Justice. *

After a trial without a jury, defendant was found guilty in district court of the charge of murder in the first degree. After sentencing, defendant appealed. Finding no error, we affirm.

An extended, detailed statement of the facts of this case is not made since defendant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The following facts are relevant to the issues raised on appeal:

Defendant spent the early morning hours of December 8,1974, with several friends in a trailer house parked on his parents’ farm near La Crescent, Minnesota.…