Legal Opinion
State v. Lefthand
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 28, 1992No. C2-91-1937PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
Appellant, Michael Shane Lefthand, was convicted, following a jury trial in St. Louis County District Court, of first-degree murder 1 in connection with the deaths of John Loons and Ronald St. Germain and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant challenges the admission of statements made in the course of a court-ordered psychiatric examination and other statements obtained by police without notice to or the presence of his court-appointed public defender. We reverse.
The relevant facts, briefly stated, are these. In the late afternoon of October 5, 1990, the bodies of John…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Moran v. BurbineSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Patterson v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. HobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. George Edward Killian, United States of America v. George Edward Killian and Robert BrunkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- State v. DeWaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1991
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3Cited by33 opinions
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