Legal Opinion
State v. Olson
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 14, 1989No. C4-88-1220PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
James Allen Olson appeals from a conviction of murder in the second degree under Minn.Stat. § 609.19(2) (1988). He contends that he was denied the right to a fair trial by the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, and that the trial court erred in sentencing. We affirm.
FACTS
In February of 1987, appellant, his girlfriend, Gloria Morrison, and Morrison’s two young daughters (ages 5 and 3) moved to a farmhouse in Goodhue County, Minnesota. In May of 1987, Morrison began working the afternoon-evening shift at a local…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
- State v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. BockCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1992
- State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2012
- State v. PearsonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991
- State v. RourkeCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2004
- State v. BeardCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1998
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