Legal Opinion
State v. Swain
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 23, 1978No. 47524PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YETKA, Justice.
Defendant was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury in Hennepin County District Court and is appealing from the judgment entered on the jury verdict. We affirm the conviction of murder but reduce the degree from first to second. 1
Defendant, Richard Swain, lived in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with his mother, Betty Swain. Defendant was arrested on April ■22, 1976, and charged by complaint with murder in the second degree in the death of Betty Swain. He was indicted by a Henne-pin County Grand Jury on a charge of murder in the first degree on April 27,1976. Minn.St. 609.185…
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3Cited by86 opinions
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