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Staunton v. State

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 30, 2010No. A09-782PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Appellant Michael Jon Staunton was found guilty by a St. Louis County jury of first-degree premeditated murder, in violation of MinmStat. § 609.185(1) (1998), and three counts of first-degree felony murder while committing or attempting to commit burglary, kidnapping, and tampering with a witness, in violation of MinmStat. §§ 609.185(3) (1998) and 609.05 (2008), for the stabbing death of Darryl Kokochak on November 23, 1999. Staunton was sentenced to life without the possibility of release on the first-degree felony murder (kidnapping) conviction. On appeal,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bernhardt v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  3. State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
  4. State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  5. Scruggs v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1992

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
  2. State v. HohenwaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
  3. State v. NissalkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  4. Loving v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
  5. State v. GrahamSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2012

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