Legal Opinion
State v. Rothering
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided December 2, 1986No. C7-86-588Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRIPPEN, Judge.
Appellant challenges the sufficiency of evidence for kidnapping and criminal sexual assault convictions. He also contends the trial court made several errors in admitting and excluding evidence and in refusing an instruction permitting conviction for fornication,, a misdemeanor. We find no merit in the appeal.
FACTS
In the middle of the night on August 5, 1985, A.P. was asleep in her farm home near Fremont, Minnesota. She lived with her fiance, but he was out of town at the time.
A.P. testified at trial that she was awakened by the sound of a car pulling into her driveway.…
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