Legal Opinion
State v. Smallwood
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 15, 1999No. C3-97-1636PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.
In this case we are confronted with numerous issues surrounding the arrest and trial of respondent, Curtis Marcell Small-wood, who was found guilty by a Dakota County jury of first-degree burglary pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 609.582, subd. 1(a) (1998) and sentenced as a dangerous offender to 240 months (20 years) confinement. Smallwood’s conviction was reversed and a new trial ordered by the court of appeals on the grounds that the prosecutor committed misconduct in his opening statement when he told the jury that Smallwood had offered to plead guilty to a…
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