State v. Ulvinen

OTIS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 609.05, subd. 1 (1980), imposing criminal liability on one who “intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, or conspires with or otherwise procures” another to commit a crime. We reverse.

Carol Hoffman, appellant’s daughter-in-law, was murdered late on the evening of August 10th or the very early morning of August 11th by her husband, David Hoffman. She and David had spent an amicable evening together playing with their children, and when they went to bed David wanted to make love to his wife. However, when…