Legal Opinion
Francis v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 5, 2007No. A05-190, A06-940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Chief Justice.
Appellant Michael C. Francis was convicted and sentenced in Hennepin County District Court for the crimes of first-degree premeditated murder for the death of Pamela Ragland and attempted first-degree premeditated murder for the injury of Marvin Pate. On appeal, Francis claims that the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions and that he was deprived of a fair trial. We affirm.
On May 24, 2004, at approximately 10:50 p.m., Marvin Pate and his girlfriend, Pamela Ragland, were sitting in Ragland’s car which had been parked on the east side…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- State v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. SwansonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- Opsahl v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. PendletonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
- State v. McCraySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
- Francis v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
- Staunton v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
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