Legal Opinion
State v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 6, 1982No. 49437, 51505PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.
This is a consolidated appeal by Roger Sipe Caldwell from his first-degree murder conviction and from the denial of his motion for a new trial on the ground of newly-discovered evidence. We reverse and remand.
Roger Caldwell was arrested on July 6, 1977, in connection with the June 27 murders of Elisabeth Congdon, an elderly Duluth heiress, and her nurse, Velma Pietila. On August 5, 1977, a St. Louis County grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder in the first degree. Because of the extensive publicity surrounding the matter, Caldwell moved for and was granted a…
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