Legal Opinion
State v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 16, 1998No. C0-97-136PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
In November 1994, 15-year-old Eric William Mitchell participated in á convenience store robbery in Hutchinson, Minnesota during wMch he shot and killed the 19-year-old store clerk. Mitchell was charged with the murder and was certified to stand trial as an adult. A jury found him guilty of intentional first-degree murder during an aggravated robbery. The district court sentenced Mitchell to the mandatory adult sentence — life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for a minimum of 30 years. On appeal, Mitchell challenges the life sentence as applied to a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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