Legal Opinion
State v. Poelaert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 21, 1937No. 31,189PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gallagher, Chief Justice.
Defendant was charged with murder in the first degree and convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury in Jackson county. From an order denying his motion for a new trial and from the judgment entered in said action this appeal was taken.
The defendant, Paul Poelaert, was charged in the indictment with having murdered his Avife, Mary, on February 11, 1936. Similar charges Avere pending against him for the murder of his mother, Marie Poelaert, and his two children, Paul, Jr., and Leo, on the same date.
Poelaert, who Avas 39 years of age, resided on a 320-acre farm…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- State v. Davis and QuiggSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1916
- State v. WassingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- State v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. MeanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- State v. KeiserSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- State v. SenskeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- State v. CarterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
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