Legal Opinion
State v. Parker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 3, 1984No. C9-83-1114PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.
Stanford Lee Parker was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death and robbery of Albert James. See Minn. Stat. §§ 609.185(3), 609.05(1), 609.11(5) (1982). A Hennepin County jury found Parker guilty of first-degree felony murder on March 4, 1983, and he was sentenced to the mandatory life term.
Parker challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and also asserts that he was denied his fundamental right to a fair trial because of allegedly improper remarks made by the prosecutor in his closing argument. Since sufficiency of the evidence is an issue, the evidence…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- State v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. NorgaardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- State v. OeveringSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- State v. McCullumSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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3Cited by84 opinions
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- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
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