Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Kopetka v. Tahash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 19, 1968No. 40941PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nelson, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus.
The background facts of this case are set out in State v. Kopetka, 265 Minn. 371, 121 N. W. (2d) 783, as follows:
“* * * The defendant, Charles T. Kopetka, at the time the offense was committed, was employed by a poultry firm to. viscerate chickens. He had been estranged from his wife and was living apart from his family, which included four children. They resided with the wife’s mother, Mrs. Cora Opsal, in St. Paul. The defendant resided in a downtown hotel. On the afternoon of December 24, 1959, the defendant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Fahy v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. PaigeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Kopetka v. YoungSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- Kopetka v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
- State v. GalvanCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
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