Legal Opinion
Sutherlin v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 22, 1998No. C7-97-599PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
Petitioner D’Elegance D. Sutherlin, f/k/a David Brian Sutherlin, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the April 15, 1985 barroom shootings of Perry Miller and Vincent Jones. Sutherlin was sentenced to two concurrent life terms. Three months after his convictions, Sutherlin appealed to this court, claiming, among other issues, that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that several witness statements were improperly admitted into evidence, and that the jury instructions were inadequate. State v. Sutherlin, 396 N.W.2d 238, 240-4 3…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Larrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1928
- Roby v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Rainer v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Dukes v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003
- Ferguson v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- Hummel v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
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