Legal Opinion
State v. Bjork
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 18, 2000No. C8-99-924PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
Following a jury trial in Washington County District Court, Appellant Craig Dennis Bjork, an inmate at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater (MCF-STW), was convicted of murder in thé first degree in violation of Minn.Stat. §§ 609.185(1) (1998) and 609.184, subd. 2 (1998), 1 and murder in the second degree in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.19, subd. 1(1) (1998), for the November 27, 1997 killing of fellow inmate Edwin Curry, Sr. 2 Bjork was sentenced on the first-degree murder conviction to a term of life in prison without the possibility of release, to run…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
- State v. SpauldingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. RichardsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- Fratzke v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
- State v. TenerelliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BobadillaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- State v. LitzauSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- State v. DeRosierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
- State v. FieldsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- State v. GreerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
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