Legal Opinion
State v. Bouwman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 17, 1984No. C8-83-651PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.-
Thomas Bouwman was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths of Bouwman’s parents-in-law, Marvin and Pearl Isaacson. A Hen-nepin County District Court found Bouw-man guilty on both counts of second-degree murder at the conclusion of a trial to the court on January 26, 1983. Bouwman raises the following three issues on appeal:
1. Whether Bouwman proved by a preponderance of the evidence that he was so mentally ill that he did not know the nature of his acts or was unable to distinguish right from wrong.
2. Whether the district court’s…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by28 opinions
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