Legal Opinion
State v. Spears
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 18, 1997No. CX-96-1073PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
A jury convicted Randall Mark Spears of two counts of kidnapping and six counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, for which the court imposed six concurrent life sentences. On appeal, Spears argues the trial court committed errors of fact and law.
FACTS
On July 14, 1995, Randall Mark Spears committed three acts of criminal sexual conduct against a female acquaintance. As Spears drove his victim home, she escaped from the car, and ran to nearby houses until a man let her in his house and called police. The victim recounted the rape to the man and two police…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
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3Cited by7 opinions
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