Legal Opinion

State v. Rodriguez

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided August 31, 1993No. C4-92-1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

Appellant challenges the judgment of conviction and sentence for second degree felony murder and kidnapping under Minn.Stat. §§ 609.19(2), 609.25, subd. 1(2) (1990). We affirm as modified.

FACTS

Appellant Mario Rodriguez was charged with felony murder in the death of 88-year-old Estelle Flaherty on March 29, 1992. The complaint alleged that Rodriguez and an accomplice, Roberto Castillo, stole the car in which Flaherty was sitting and then moved the elderly woman to a parked van, where she was not discovered until after her death from exposure to the cold weather.

The…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. FratzkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
  2. State v. ElingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
  3. State v. BestSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  4. State v. RobySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
  5. State v. HodgesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Harris v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1997
  2. Poppler v. Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2013
  3. State v. McDanielCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
  4. State of Minnesota v. Kevon Deonte Lewis-FergusonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
  5. State of Minnesota v. Rafael Antonio AlfaroCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014

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