Case Name: STATE v. DARRELL L. RATHAI
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1977-04-15
Citations: 312 Minn. 601
Docket Number: No. 46738
Parties: STATE v. DARRELL L. RATHAI.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 312
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
STATE v. DARRELL L. RATHAI.
253 N. W. 2d 148.
April 15, 1977
No. 46738.
C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, and Gregory A. Gaut, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, Richard G. Mark, Assistant Attorney General, Edward M. Laine, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Arvid L. Wendland, County Attorney, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of charges of kidnapping and aggravated rape, Minn. St. 609.25 and 609.291, and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 15 years at the state reformatory. Issues raised by defendant on this appeal from judgment of conviction are whether identification procedures used by police created a substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification and whether there was, as a matter of law, insufficient evidence identifying him as the assailant. Our review of the record compels affirmance since we find no merit supporting defendant's claims.
Affirmed.