Legal Opinion
State v. Threinen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 7, 1983No. 82-143PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERSON, Justice.
A Ramsey County Grand Jury indicted defendant Eugene Threinen on July 2,1981, for first-degree murder, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.185(1) (Supp.1981). A jury found defendant guilty as charged, and the trial court judge sentenced him to life imprisonment. We affirm the conviction.
On appeal defendant claims (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the first-degree murder conviction; (2) certain lineup identification testimony should have been excluded at trial; and (3) an improper closing argument by the prosecutor denied defendant a fair trial.
Early on May 25,1981, a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Donnelly v. DeChristoforoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State v. WahlbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. CaronSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- State v. KotkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. AltonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- State v. RaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- State v. LangleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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