State v. Taylor

This is an appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault, Minn. St. 609.225, subd. 1, in which appellant, Richard Taylor, alleges misconduct by the prosecutor and ineffective representation by his counsel. We affirm.

Appellant was 25 years old at the time of the assault. He and his younger brother Steven returned home with their parents from a dance in Comfrey, Minnesota, at about 1:30 a. m. on November 26,1972, to find two young men, one 17 and the other 20, visiting their sisters.

Appellant’s parents waited in the car and asked defendant and his brother to order the visitors to leave.…