Legal Opinion
State v. Whittaker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 28, 1997No. CX-96-1641PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, Justice.
Late in the evening of January 29, 1996, two armed men forcibly entered a home in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota and shot two of its residents, fatally injuring one of them. Appellant Karon Allen Whittaker was arrested shortly after the homicide while running away from the crime scene. When arrested, Whittaker was wearing a jacket which resembled the witnesses’ descriptions of the clothing worn by one of the armed men. A grand jury indicted Whittaker on ten charges: first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of assault, and first-degree…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
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- State v. ParkerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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