Legal Opinion
State v. Swanson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 10, 2006No. A04-2130PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
Clinton Swanson appeals from his convictions of first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder, kidnapping, arid false imprisonment. Swanson, alleging error on several grounds, requests a new trial, the reversal of his kidnapping conviction, or the vacation of his consecutive sentence for kidnapping. Because sufficient evidence exists to sustain the kidnapping conviction, the consecutive sentence for kidnapping does not exaggerate the criminality of Swanson’s conduct, and there is no error warranting a new trial, we affirm.
This appeal arises out of the…
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