State v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The defendant was' indicted with his brother Timothy in the district court for Hennepin county, for the murder of Thomas Tollefson. Upon the trial before Lochren, J., and a jury, defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. He appeals from the judgment and from an order refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The appellant, indicted with his brother, Timothy Barrett, but separately tried, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. From an order denying a new trial he appeals.
Twenty-eight assignments of error, many of them frivolous, are presented for review. The alleged erroneous rulings are chiefly upon the admissibility or inadmissibility of testimony, but error is claimed in the refusal of the court to certify that, by reason of exceptional circumstances, the death penalty should not be imposed. It is further urged that the evidence did not warrant the…
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