State v. Jackson

Knutson, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted after a trial by a jury of the crimes of kidnapping, rape, and robbery. He appeals from an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

On April 21, 1964, Frederick Martin, Jr., a 19-year-old airman at the Duluth Air Base, picked up 19-year-old Carol Suihkonen, a girl he had dated for about 4 months, at her home in Duluth. They went for a ride and later parked in Martin’s car on a side road near Lake Superior a few miles north of Duluth. They arrived at that spot at about 8:45 p. m. Approximately a half…