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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A09-1359

Hennepin County

Anderson, Paul H., J. Took no part, Stras, J.

State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Brian Lee Flowers, Appellant. ________________________ Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Michael Richardson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent. David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Bradford Colbert, Assistant State Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota, for appellant. ________________________ SYLLABUS The defendant was not in custody when he gave his first statement to the police; therefore the district court did not violate defendant's Fifth Amendment rights when it admitted the defendant's first statement into evidence at trial. Filed: September 16, 2010 Office of Appellate Courts

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The district court did not err when it refused to instruct the jury on aiding an offender, Minn. Stat.

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