Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 7, 1966No. 39343, 39702PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Knutson, Chief Justice.
Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and appeals from an order denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial; from a supplemental order denying his motion for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence; and from the judgment of conviction.
The conviction resulted from the brutal murder of defendant’s wife, Carol Thompson, on March 6, 1963, admittedly by one Dick W. C. Anderson.
At the time defendant’s wife was killed defendant was a practicing attorney of some prominence in the city of St. Paul. He was…
2Cases cited71 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by123 opinions
- State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- State v. WahlbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. OthoudtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
- Norman J. Mastrian v. Bruce W. McManus Warden, Minnesota State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- State v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
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