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- Title: State Minnesota v. Scott Allen Patterson
- Author : State of Minnesota in Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 16, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Ramsey County Page, J. Office of Appellate Courts Scott Allen Patterson was convicted by a Ramsey County jury of first-degree murder for the May 7, 1996, beating death of 71-year-old Jack Weiss, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Patterson was sentenced to a term of life in prison. In this direct appeal, the primary issue raised is whether the trial court denied Patterson a fair trial by admitting into evidence the terms of a plea agreement requiring an accomplice testifying at Patterson's trial to testify truthfully and completely. Patterson claims that the admission of this evidence resulted in the prosecutor and the Judge vouching for the accomplice's credibility. In his pro se brief, Patterson raises three additional issues: (1) whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the introduction of evidence of other bad acts committed by Patterson; (2) whether he was denied a fair trial because the trial court failed to direct a mistrial upon introduction of ""highly inflammatory and prejudicial hearsay testimony""; and (3) whether he was denied a fair trial by the trial court's failure to direct a not guilty verdict because of the state's failure to meet its burden of proof as to the ""element of intent"" required for first-degree murder. We affirm.