Opinion ID: 2219627
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: attempted murder conviction

Text: Ford contends no evidence exists to support a conviction for attempted murder. Ford's attempted murder conviction involves the doctrine of transferred intent. In the past, this court has held: the doctrine of transferred intent applies when the intent being transferred is for the same type of harm. If the harms are different, intent is not transferable. State v. Merrill, 450 N.W.2d 318, 323 (Minn.1990). Thus, this court has affirmed a trial court's application of transferred intent from a first-degree assault charges, which did not require proof of harm to the victim, to multiple second-degree assault charges, which did not require proof of harm to the victim. State v. Livingston, 420 N.W.2d 223, 229-30 (Minn.App.1988). In this case, the first-degree murder charge required proof that Haaf had died, whereas the attempted murder charge did not. Therefore, we find the trial court committed no error in its application of the doctrine of transferred intent in this case.