Legal Opinion
State v. Kivimaki
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 16, 1984No. C6-83-387PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TODD, Justice.
Robert Kivimaki was charged and convicted of first degree murder. On appeal he challenges the refusal of the trial court to suppress confessions he made while in custody. He alleges that he was deprived of his right to counsel under both the fifth and sixth amendments of the United States Constitution. We affirm.
Shirley Kykyri was brutally murdered in the city of Eveleth, Minnesota on December 27, 1981. Robert Kivimaki was at that time a suspect in an alleged rape of the victim which had occurred two days earlier. On the day of the murder he voluntarily appeared at police…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. HohenwaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- State v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- State v. HeidelbergerCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
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