Legal Opinion
State of Minnesota v. Aloeng Kelly Vang, A14-1574
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 6, 2016No. A14-1574, A15-1692PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LILLEHAUG, Justice.
Appellant Aloeng Kelly Vang was initially charged by complaint with second-degree intentional murder for the shooting death of Jeffrey Elling. Vang offered to plead guilty to that charge and serve the statutory maximum sentence of 480 months. The State rejected Vang’s offer. One hundred and fifty days after arraignment, a grand jury indicted Vang for first-degree premeditated murder. The district court denied Vang’s motion to dismiss the indictment. Vang was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.
Vang appealed his conviction and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- Laura L. Walsh v. U.S. Bank, N.A.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2014
- Bobo v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- State v. GaiovnikSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. GuzmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
- Denis Alcivar Alvarado-Riera v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2017