State v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Douglas county charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, tried in the district court for that county before Roeser, J., and' a jury and found guilty as charged in the indictment. From an ,order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
The defendant, Anders Gustaf Nelson, was convicted of murder in the first degree fox the killing of Joe Middleton near Alexandria in Douglas county. He appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial.
The court submitted murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, murder in the third degree, and manslaughter in the first degree. The defendant contends that the evidence does not sustain the verdict of murder in the first degree, and that it did not justify the submission of either murder in the first or in the second degree. The particular claim is that the evidence did…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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