State v. Comparetto

Defendant appeals from a conviction in Hennepin County District Court of attempted sodomy. The principal grounds urged for reversal are that the prosecutor’s closing argument constituted prejudicial misconduct justifying reversal and that the inculpatory testimony of an accomplice was not corroborated. We affirm.

The trial arose from an incident which occurred in Hennepin County on July 7,1968. A gang of young men broke into an apartment occupied by three young women, raping and forcing sodomy upon one of the women. The victim singled out defendant at a lineup as one of the individuals who…