Legal Opinion
State v. Nicks
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 31, 2013No. Nos. A09-1641, A12-0348PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Paul H., Justice.
Nidjia Dean Nicks was convicted by the Hennepin County District Court of first-*496degree murder in the shooting death of Johanna Hollis and of the attempted first-degree murder of Hollis’s daughter, A.R. At trial, the State was only able to present a minimal amount of direct evidence that connected Nicks to the scene of the shooting. Thus, the State had to rely primarily on circumstantial evidence that included certain cellphone records. The records indicated that Nicks was in the vicinity of the shooting and supported the assertion by two witnesses that Nicks…
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