State v. Mendoza

PETERSON, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of a charge of attempted simple robbery, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.17 and 609.24 (1978), and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum prison term of 5 years. On this appeal from judgment of conviction, defendant contends (1) that his conviction and sentence should be reversed as being in *288violation of § 609.035 or (2) that at least he should receive a new trial because the trial court erroneously (a) permitted use of a manslaughter conviction to impeach defendant’s credibility, (b) admitted evidence of an assault defendant…