Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Adams v. Jackson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 9, 1959No. 37,586PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nelson, Justice.

Relator, Norman David Adams, was charged with having committed the offense of forgery in the second degree. The matter was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the information. Thereafter sentence was pronounced as prescribed by law for the offense charged.

It is to be noted that relator represented himself at the trial and that the record contains no statement or allegation on his part that he was deprived of due process of law because of having had inadequate representation. We are therefore justified in concluding that in representing himself…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Shaw v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
  2. State Ex Rel. May v. SwensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
  3. State Ex Rel. Dunlap v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
  4. State Ex Rel. Welper v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  5. State v. RudinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Grest v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
  2. State Ex Rel. Alm v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
  3. State Ex Rel. Lutz v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
  4. State Ex Rel. Allen v. FabianCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003

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