Legal Opinion
State v. Byers
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 20, 1997No. C4-96-212PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Appellant Samuel Lee Byers (“Byers”) was indicted for first-degree murder by a Hennepin County Grand Jury for the shooting death of Roy Griffin, Sr. (“Griffin”). After a jury trial, Byers was acquitted of first-degree murder, but was convicted of second-degree felony murder in violation of Minn. Stat. §§ 609.19(2), 609.11, and 609.05 (1996) and sentenced to 240 months in prison. Byers appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed, concluding that although the trial court erred in admitting a co-defendant’s out-of-court statement,1 the error was harmless beyond a reasonable…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State v. HansenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- State v. GlazeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. HendersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
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