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State v. Austin

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1994No. Cr. 930261PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVINE, Justice.

Kevin Austin appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of murder. We affirm.

On February 8, 1985, Charles and Cora Abernathy, an elderly couple, were murdered in their rural Ward County home. Both victims had been shot in the head and their throats were slashed. The home was ransacked and approximately $300 was stolen.

In September 1985, Calvin Newnam confessed that he and Austin had murdered the Abernathys. Austin was arrested and transferred from the State Penitentiary, where he was incarcerated for unrelated crimes, to…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. United States v. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
  2. United States v. Arias-VillanuevaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  3. State v. LeidholmNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  4. LeBeouf Bros. Towing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. State v. ThielNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. ErickstadNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. WoehlhoffNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  3. State v. FreedNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. SieversNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  5. State v. SmaageNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996

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