State v. Coleman
State v. Coleman
Opinion of the Court
Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.
Defendant was charged with seven crimes: two counts of kidnapping, :wo counts of aggravated assault, sodomy, indecent liberties, and unau
Defendant’s first contention is that he was improperly bound over to district court on the indecent liberties charge and that he was prejudiced by introduction of evidence relating to this charge. The short answer to this is that defendant could have challenged the bind-over by use of extraordinary writ before he entered his plea in district court. State v. Stark, 288 Minn. 286, 179 N. W. 2d 597 (1970), certiorari denied, 402 U. S. 930, 91 S. Ct. 1529, 28 L. ed. 2d 864 (1971). By failing to do so, he waived his right to attack the bind-over on appeal. State v. Noland, 298 Minn. 528, 214 N. W. 2d 355 (1973).
Defendant’s other contentions are (1) that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct in his opening statement, (2) that the trial court committed prejudicial error in instructing the jury that defendant had the burden of proving that he was intoxicated for purposes of the intoxication defense, (3) that evidence of his intoxication was such as to compel the jury to find him not guilty of the kidnapping and aggravated assault charges, and (4) that, apart from the issue of intoxication, there was insufficient evidence to support a guilty verdict on one of the kidnapping charges.
We do not believe that the prosecutor committed any serious misconduct in his opening statement. We do not reach the second issue because defendant did not object to the instructions. There is no merit to the two final contentions.
Affirmed
Under the Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 10.02, a defendant by entering a plea to a charge does not waive his right to attack the determination that he should stand trial on the charge. However, the rules did not become effective until July 1, 1975, after the prosecution in this case was commenced
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