State v. Sneva

TODD, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of criminal negligence resulting in death, Minn.Stat. § 609.-21 (1982). 1 The trial court sentenced defendant to an 18-month prison term but stayed execution of the sentence and placed defendant on probation for 5 years, subject to a number of conditions, including that defendant serve 6 months in the workhouse. The trial court stayed execution of the workhouse term pending this appeal. On appeal, defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Instead, he argues that he was denied a fair trial by the…