Legal Opinion
State v. Stewart
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 9, 1992No. C7-92-275PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
A Stearns County grand jury indicted Scott Stewart for first degree murder under Minn.Stat. §§ 609.184 and 609.185 (1990). On Stewart’s motion attacking the indictment, the trial court, ruling that the grand jury improperly considered evidence of Stewart’s past convictions, certified the following question:
Whether a previous conviction of a heinous crime is an element of first-degree murder under Minn.Stat. § 609.184 (1990) so that the fact of a heinous crime conviction must be presented to the grand jury or whether such a previous conviction is matter to be considered…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- State v. FindlingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- State v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. RonquistSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1999
- State v. GrossmanCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
- State v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997