Legal Opinion
State v. Olson
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided September 4, 1990No. C5-89-2127PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
Duane Olson was tried on second degree murder and first degree manslaughter charges in the death of his six-week-old son, Dustin. The jury found him not guilty of second degree murder, but guilty of first degree manslaughter, and the trial court sentenced him to forty-one months in prison. On appeal, Olson challenges evidentia-ry rulings, the sufficiency of the evidence, the jury instructions, and the sentence. We affirm.
FACTS
On January 4, 1988, Duane Olson called the police and reported that his six-week-old baby, Dustin, had stopped breathing. The baby was taken to a…
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- State v. KindemSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
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