Legal Opinion
State v. Langley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 17, 1984No. C8-83-1122PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Chief Justice.
Rose Marie Langley’s body was found face down in the bathtub of her home on the morning of August 31, 1982. She was clothed in a bathrobe, nightgown, and slippers. An electric hair-curling appliance with rollers on heater prongs was underneath her in the muddy bath water at the bottom of the tub, and two rollers were loose in the water. Her estranged husband, Bourke John Langley, was indicted for murder in the second degree on November 3, 1982, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.19(1). He entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment on November 12, 1982. A Rasmussen…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- People v. IrelandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. SpreiglSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- United States v. Donald Laverne Carlson, United States of America v. Gary Clarend HofstadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by42 opinions
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