Legal Opinion
Norman J. Mastrian v. Bruce W. McManus Warden, Minnesota State Prison
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 27, 1977No. 76-1427PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Norman Mastrian was charged by indictment with the murder of Carol Thompson. 1 He was granted a change of venue from St. Paul to Duluth, Minnesota, tried in the latter city and convicted of first degree murder. His motions for a judgment of acquittal or for a new trial, for arrest of judgment, and for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence were each denied in post-trial orders by the state district court. The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of conviction and the denials of his several motions. State v. Mastrian, 285 Minn. 51, 171 N.W.2d 695, cert.…
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