Legal Opinion
State of Minnesota v. Jonas David Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 19, 2016No. A15-1821PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHUTICH, Justice.
A Le Sueur County jury found appellant Jonas David Nelson, then 18 years old, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, second-degree intentional murder, and second-degree felony murder for the January 6, 2014, killing of his father, Richard Nelson. The district court sentenced Nelson to life in prison without the possibility of release for the offense of first-degree premeditated murder.
On direct appeal, Nelson contends that the district court erred when it denied his motion to suppress his confessions. He also argues, for the first time, that he was psychologically…
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