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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A09-389 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Roosevelt McClenton, Appellant. Filed April 20, 2010 Affirmed Connolly, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CR-07-120942

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Linda K. Jenny, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent) David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Benjamin J. Butler, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant)

Considered and decided by Connolly, Presiding Judge; Hudson, Judge; and Johnson, Judge. SYLLABUS A defendant is not entitled to invoke the defense of involuntary intoxication when he voluntarily uses an illegal controlled substance which, unbeknownst to him, has been mixed with another illegal controlled substance and causes an unanticipated reaction.

OPINION CONNOLLY, Judge Appellant challenges his convictions of first-degree aggravated robbery in violation of Minn. Stat.

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