Legal Opinion

State of Minnesota v. True Thao

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 24, 2016No. A14-1182PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STRAS, Justice.

A jury found appellant True Thao guilty of six counts of murder in the drive-by shooting death of Adlai Xiong and eight counts of attempted murder for the drive-by shootings of T.X. and P.L. The district court convicted him of one count of first-degree premeditated murder for the benefit of a gang; Minn.Stat. §§ 609.185(a)(1) (2014); 609.229, subd. 2 (2014), and two counts of attempted first-degree premeditated murder for the benefit of a gang, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.185(a)(1); 609.229, subd. 2; 609.17(2014).

Thao challenges his convictions on three main grounds. First, he…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. SpreiglSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  2. State v. BolteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995
  3. State v. FloresSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  4. State v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
  5. State v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. FragaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
  2. State v. JarosSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2019
  3. State v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2018

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