Legal Opinion

State v. Folkers

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 9, 1998No. C9-96-1338PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GARDEBRING, Justice.

This case arises from the 1996 conviction of Randy Folkers for the murder of his girlfriend Alicia Srozinski. Folkers was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.19, subds. 1 and 2 (1996), and sentenced to 360 months, an upward departure from the presumptive sentence of 306 months.

On appeal to the court'of appeals, Folkers raised several issues: 1) whether the trial court erred in admitting a letter describing a plea agreement between the state and Folk-ers’ friend Joshua Ploog; 2) whether the evidence was sufficient to support the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. David Dominic NecoecheaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  2. State v. WahlbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
  3. United States v. Millard BowieCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Reginald Pierre Beasley, United States of America v. Oliver Lawrence BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
  2. State v. VickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
  3. State v. PippittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
  4. State v. LejaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  5. State of Minnesota v. Mo Savoy HicksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015

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