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Hennepin County v. Perry

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 13, 1997No. C0-96-112PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

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Leon Perry (Perry) was indicted by a Hen-nepin County grand jury for, and was convicted by a Hennepin County jury of, first-degree murder under Minn.Stat. § 609.185, subd. 1 (1996), as a result of the shooting death of Brian Thomas (Thomas) in the parking lot of the Riverview Supper Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 8, 1995. Perry was sentenced to a term of life in prison. In a pretrial motion, Perry sought to have the indictment dismissed because of the racial composition of the grand jury which indicted him. Although 13.8.% of the people in the initial pool of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. PenaSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Cassell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Greene v. Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human ServicesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
  2. State v. MouaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  3. Perry v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  4. State v. FairbanksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2014
  5. Buggs v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007

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