Legal Opinion
State v. Finn
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 8, 1960No. 37,036PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dell, Chief Justice.
Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree. It is undisputed that on December 28, 1955, the defendant shot and killed his wife, Ann Finn, at her apartment in St. Paul. The defendant’s only defense is that at the time of the offense he was of unsound mind. Only a brief summary of the facts is necessary to a disposition of the issue raised.
The defendant and the deceased were married in June 1954. The marriage was not a happy one and in November 1954 the deceased instituted a separate maintenance action resulting in a decree in March 1955…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People v. DaughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- United States v. SmithUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
- State v. EndSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State v. HoskinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
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- State v. RawlandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- State v. MytychSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Longoria v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
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