Legal Opinion
State v. Dobbins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 28, 2006No. A05-320PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.
An Anoka County jury found Demetrius Devell Dobbins guilty of first-degree premeditated murder for the shooting death of Quintín Roderick Lavender. The district court sentenced Dobbins to life in prison. On direct appeal, Dobbins argues that (1) the district court erred in allowing the only African-American venireperson to be struck from serving on the jury; (2) the court violated Dobbins’ Sixth Amendment right to effectively cross-examine a key state witness; (3) the court erred in not instructing the jury that Dobbins’ girlfriend could have been considered…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by38 opinions
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