[DOWNLOAD] "State Minnesota v. Milburn Clifton Stout" by Supreme Court of Minnesota " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Minnesota v. Milburn Clifton Stout
- Author : Supreme Court of Minnesota
- Release Date : January 27, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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PER CURIAM Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of two charges of theft of property valued in excess of $2,500, Minn. St. 609.52, subd. 2(1) and 2(3), and was sentenced by the trial court to a single maximum term of 10 years in prison, § 609.52, subd. 3(1). On this direct appeal defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in permitting the trial to continue in defendant's absence after he voluntarily left the state during trial, (2) the court erred in admitting certain evidence about defendant's post-arrest conduct, (3) there was insufficient evidence that defendant committed any thefts, (4) the court erred in failing to give defendant credit on his sentence for time spent in an Illinois jail pending disposition of charges based on offenses defendant committed there after leaving Minnesota, and (5) the trial court erred in denying defendant a return of his bail money, which the court held defendant forfeited when he left Minnesota during the trial. We do not believe that there is merit to any of the contentions raised by defendant. However, our examination of the record reveals that the evidence was insufficient to prove that the value of the property involved exceeded $2,500; as a result the upper limit on defendant's sentence must be reduced from 10 years to 5 years. Minn. St. 609.52, subd. 3(2).