State v. Fidel

OPINION

BRUCE C. STONE, Judge. *

Following a jury trial, appellant Fred Fritz Fidel was convicted of second degree felony murder in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.19, subd. 2 (1988) and brings this appeal from the judgment of conviction claiming (1) the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to support his conviction and (2) that the trial court’s instructions to the jury were fundamentally flawed and constituted plain error. We affirm.

FACTS

It is undisputed that appellant Fred Fritz Fidel stabbed Michael O’Brien on July 8, 1988, causing him to bleed to death. Appellant and the state,…