Case Name: STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Gordon Melvin Gale BROTEN, Jr., Appellant
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1983-12-16
Citations: 341 N.W.2d 279
Docket Number: No. C1-82-853
Parties: STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Gordon Melvin Gale BROTEN, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 341
Pages: 279–280

Head Matter:
STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Gordon Melvin Gale BROTEN, Jr., Appellant.
No. C1-82-853.
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
Dec. 16, 1983.
Dennis J. Murphy, Thief River Falls, for appellant.
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Jerry S. Anderson, Richard D. Hodson, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, Martin Berg, Roseau County Atty., Roseau, for respondent.

Opinion:
KELLEY, Justice.
Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of charges of burglary and theft, Minn.Stat. § 609.58, subd. 2, and 609.52, subd. 2(1) (1982). Those charges were based on defendant's role in the burglary of a Roseau store on April 5, 1980. The trial court sentenced defendant to a year and a day in prison but stayed execution of the sentence. On this appeal defendant raises issues relating to the adequacy of the complaint, alleged misconduct of the sheriff's office before trial, alleged failure of the prosecutor to follow the discovery rules, and alleged misconduct by the prosecutor in his closing statement to the jury. The record on appeal not only fails to support any of these contentions but compels the conclusion that defendant was properly charged and fairly tried and convicted.
Affirmed.