Legal Opinion

State v. Brom

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 30, 1990No. C3-89-2269PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TOMLJANOVICH, Justice.

In the early evening of February 18, 1988, Olmsted County sheriff’s deputies discovered the bodies of Paulette, Bernard, Diane, and Richard Brom on the second floor of the Brom family home.1 All four individuals had sustained numerous gashes in the head and upper body.' Police subsequently found a blood-stained ax in the basement that forensic tests indicated was used to kill all four victims. Tests also revealed the ax handle bore appellant’s palm and finger prints.

On February 19, 1988, Rochester police officers arrested appellant in connection with the deaths of his…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. United States v. Pohlot, StephenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
  3. State v. SwainSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  4. State v. HoganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
  5. Bangert v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. State v. ChambersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
  2. State v. ProvostSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  3. State v. JobeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992
  4. State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  5. State v. DeShaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003

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