State v. Beier

TODD, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of aggravated rape, Minn.St.1974, § 609.291, and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 30 years in prison. On this appeal from judgment of conviction and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant’s main contention is that the trial court erred in denying him a new trial when it was learned after trial that several of the jurors had been aware that additional charges were pending against defendant in connection with a different incident, one that resulted in the death of…