Legal Opinion
State v. Beecroft
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 23, 2012No. Nos. A09-0390, A10-1604PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, PAUL H„ Justice.
Nicole Marie Beecroft was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder under Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2010), for the stabbing death of her newborn baby. The Washington County District Court convicted Beecroft of this offense and sentenced Beecroft, who was 17 years old and 9 months of age at the time of her baby’s death, to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. Beecroft filed a direct appeal, but that appeal was stayed in order for Beecroft to file a petition for postconviction relief. After an evidentiary hearing, the postconviction…
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