Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 25, 2003No. C8-02-1292PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYER, Justice.
Appellant Darnell Christopher Smith was convicted in Hennepin County of premeditated murder in the first degree and murder in the first degree while committing kidnapping, and was sentenced to life without possibility of release for the death of Bobby Dee Holder. On appeal, appellant alleges that both convictions should be reversed because the district court erred when it admitted evidence of the dismem*23berment of Holder’s body and evidence of appellant’s past crimes. Appellant also asserts that the evidence supporting both convictions was insufficient as a matter of law.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
- State v. WahlbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. SalamonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- State v. ShattuckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- State v. SwansonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- State v. LeakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- State v. OsborneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
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