Legal Opinion

State v. Witt

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided September 3, 1976No. 45197PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Todd, Justice.

Defendant, Thomas E. Witt (Witt), appeals from a judgment of the district court entered pursuant to the verdict of a jury finding defendant guilty of kidnapping and aggravated rape. He was sentenced to the maximum term of 30 years on the aggravated rape conviction. Witt contends that the aggravated rape statute pursuant to which he was convicted and sentenced (since repealed) denied him equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; that complainant’s in-court identification of him was improperly admitted since it was based…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. State v. PehrsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
  3. State v. Fairmont Creamery Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
  4. People v. HernandezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
  5. State v. WattsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  2. State v. ViaArizona Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. State v. DarveauxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
  5. State v. SkeltonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990

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