Legal Opinion
State v. DeWald
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 18, 1991No. C5-89-2273PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
James Albert DeWald was convicted of first degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(1) (1990), and first degree felony murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(3) (1990), in connection with the death of 74-year-old Marjorie Haugsrud on October 14, 1988. He appeals the convictions claiming that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting evidence of his participation in a second murder three weeks after the Haugsrud homicide. We affirm.
Mrs. Haugsrud’s body was found at the foot of her basement stairs with a “Prince Devonshire” butcher knife in her back. She had been…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- State v. FilippiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
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- State v. NorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
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