Legal Opinion
Powers v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 5, 2005No. A04-2298PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.
A Mower County jury found appellant Vernon Neal Powers guilty of multiple counts of first- and second-degree murder for robbing and causing the death of Juan Ramirez and Raul Gutierrez, and first-degree assault for shooting Benjamin Hernandez. Powers was convicted and sentenced to two mandatory life sentences for the two first-degree premeditated murder convictions and a presumptive sentence of 86-months for the first-degree assault conviction, all three sentences to run consecutively. On direct appeal, we affirmed Powers’ convictions. State v. Powers, 654…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- Hodgson v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
- State v. PowersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. HurdSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
- Powers v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Bonga v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
- Spears v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- Rhodes v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
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