Legal Opinion
State v. Long
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 24, 1997No. CX-95-1628PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BLATZ, Justice.
Evelyn Long appeals to this court asking that she not be retried for stabbing her husband in the chest. Asserting the double jeopardy protections contained in both the United States and Minnesota Constitutions, she argues that the state is barred from prosecuting her a second time because the trial court’s sua sponte declaration of a mistrial at the first trial was an abuse of discretion. The court of appeals agreed. State v. Long, 544 N.W.2d 786 (Minn.App.1996). We reverse.
The stabbing which gave rise to this appeal took place in a St. Paul apartment on the evening of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Gori v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by17 opinions
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