Legal Opinion
State v. HEIGES
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 30, 2010No. A09-300PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BJORKMAN, Judge.
Appellant Samantha Anne Heiges challenges her conviction of second-degree murder for the death of her newborn daughter. Heiges contends that (1) there *907was insufficient evidence to corroborate her confessions to the police under Minn. Stat. § 634.03; (2) the district court erred in instructing the jury on the burden of proof and duress; (3) the district court erred by allowing testimony of a prosecution witness who was discovered mid-way through the trial; and (4) the district court abused its discretion in imposing a guidelines sentence. We affirm.
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Warszower v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Morelli v. WebsterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
- State v. KindemSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- State v. AmosSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
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3Cited by4 opinions
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