Legal Opinion
State v. Tovar
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 17, 2000No. C6-99-520PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERT, Justice.
This matter comes to us as an appeal of right from a conviction of murder in the first degree in Ramsey County District Court. The jury found Alex Chico Tovar (Tovar) guilty of first-degree murder while committing a kidnapping, and other lesser-included offenses, in the January 31, 1998 killing of Joshua James Christenson (Christenson).
On appeal, Tovar raises four issues. To-var challenges as error the district court’s exclusion of out-of-court statements, which were made during failed plea negotiations by an alleged accomplice in the killing. Tovar claims these…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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3Cited by32 opinions
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