Legal Opinion
State v. Willis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 13, 1997No. C7-95-2705PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLATZ, Justice.
This case arises from the murder of Minneapolis Police Officer Jerome Haaf and the attempted murder of Gerald Lubarski on September 25,1992. Montery T. Willis, convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, now seeks a new trial based on alleged errors committed by the trial court. He asserts six points of error, none of which requires reversal by this court. We, therefore, affirm his conviction and sentence.
The murder of Officer Haaf was planned by the Vice Lords’ leadership in retaliation for the beating of a blind black man by…
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