Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 29, 1996No. C3-95-532PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
In 1991, Scott Edward Stewart, a parolee on supervised release status, murdered Melissa Noelle Johnson. It is a basic, indeed obvious, rule of law that if one person murders another, the murderer is not only criminally liable for the offense, which will be prosecuted by the state, but is also civilly liable in tort to the estate of the victim. Thus, Stewart was prosecuted by the state for his criminal conduct, was convicted by a jury, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Stewart is also liable civilly, in tort, to Johnson’s estate for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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