Legal Opinion
State v. Radke
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 12, 2012No. Nos. A09-0834, A11-2007PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Appellant Steven Bernard Radke was arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2010), for causing the June 20, 2007, death of Darrell Buesgens. At trial, Radke admitted shooting Bues-gens, but claimed that he did so in self-defense and without premeditation. The jury, rejecting Radke’s self-defense claim, found Radke guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, and the district court sentenced Radke to life in prison without the possibility of release. Radke thereafter filed a petition for postconviction relief,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- State v. RameySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
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