Legal Opinion
State v. Leidholm
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 1983No. Cr. 855PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANDE WALLE, Justice.
Janice Leidholm was charged with murder for the stabbing death of her husband, Chester Leidholm, in the early morning hours of August 7,1981, at their farm home near Washburn. She was found guilty by a McLean County jury of manslaughter and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary with three years of the sentence suspended. Leidholm appealed from the judgment of conviction. We reverse and remand the case for a new trial.
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According to the testimony, the Leidholm marriage relationship in the end was an unhappy one, filled with a mixture of alcohol…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- State v. MendozaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. SilverNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- United States v. Donald F. Bettenhausen and Bernice A. BettenhausenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by82 opinions
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