Legal Opinion

State v. Nelson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 23, 1903No. Nos. 12,764 — (18)PublishedCited by 62 opinions

' Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Steele county, Buckham, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and conviction of the crime of murder in' the first degree.

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, J.2

Charles and Henry Nelson and William Sutton were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Steele county of the crime of murder in .the first degree, being thereby charged with having feloniously and with premeditated design killed one Henry Krier in that county on April 13, 1903. Sutton pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, and'was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Defendants Nelson pleaded not guilty, were thereafter tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree, and appealed from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. NeumannMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
  2. State v. CantienySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
  3. Bayard v. KlingeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
  4. Lampsen v. BranderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
  5. State v. LentzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. State v. DeZelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
  2. Gruenhagen v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
  3. State v. SchifskySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
  4. State v. WoffordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
  5. State v. RingWashington Supreme Court · 1959

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