State v. Corrivau
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was convicted in the district court for Lake county, Cant, J., of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. Subsequently his sentence was commuted by the board of pardons to life imprisonment, which defendant accepted. Thereafter he appealed from the judgment of conviction.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.2
The defendant, on December 20, 1902, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of the county of Lake of murder in the first degree, he having shot and killed James Alain. Formal judgment imposing the death penalty was entered on February 2, 1903. On April 28, 1903, the State Board of Pardons, upon his application, commuted his sentence to imprisonment in the State Prison at Stillwater at hard labor for the full term of his natural life. Pie accepted the commutation, and the board issued its warrant to carry such commutation into effect. He is now serving such life…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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