Legal Opinion
State v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 4, 1999No. C3-97-2298PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILBERT, Justice.
This case involves a first-degree murder conviction resulting from a motor vehicle collision in which a Rice County Sheriffs Deputy was killed. The appellant, Timothy Patrick Chambers, asserts that seven different trial court rulings were erroneous and prejudicial, challenges the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole, and asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support the first-degree murder conviction. We affirm the conviction and sentence.
On May 3, 1996, 17-year-old Chambers walked to the Priordale Mall to fill out a job application. As he was…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by72 opinions
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