Legal Opinion
State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 13, 1963No. 39,238PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the District Court of Ramsey County to transfer the venue of the above action from Ramsey County to Hennepin County.
It would be undesirable at this time to discuss the facts of the case in detail. It is enough to say that defendant, a prominent citizen of St. Paul, has been indicted by the grand jury of first-degree murder, it being alleged that he procured another to murder his wife.
At the outset, some legal propositions that have been raised should be disposed of.
Mandamus has been adopted by this court as a proper procedure…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Janko v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- State ex rel. Security State Bank v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Delasca v. GrimesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Maine v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Norman J. Mastrian v. Bruce W. McManus Warden, Minnesota State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- State v. SwainSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- State v. HoganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
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