Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 5, 1971No. 42264PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Knutson, Chief Justice.
Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife. Prior to trial, on motion of appellant we issued our preemptory writ of mandamus requiring a change of venue from Ramsey to Hennepin County as a result of prejudicial pretrial publicity. State v. Thompson, 266 Minn. 385, 123 N. W. (2d) 378. After a lengthy trial in Hennepin County, appel lant was found guilty by a jury. We affirmed the conviction after examination of a lengthy transcript of the evidence. State v. Thompson, 273 Minn. 1, 139 N. W. (2d) 490. The United States Supreme…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- State v. MastrianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. BlomSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- T. Eugene Thompson v. Bruce McManus Warden, Minnesota State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- In Re Application for Discipline of ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Thompson v. McManusDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1974