State v. Bowser

SIMONETT, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.342(e)(i) (1980) (sexual penetration accomplished by force or coercion and accompanied by personal injury to the complainant) and 609.342(c) (sexual penetration accomplished when circumstances have caused complainant to have a reasonable fear of imminent great bodily harm to herself or another). The trial court sentenced defendant to one maximum 20-year prison term but based it on both convictions.

On this appeal from judgment of conviction…