Legal Opinion

State v. Peterson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 22, 2004No. C7-02-487PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Justice.

Appellant Dwane David Peterson was convicted of kidnapping and aggravated robbery, in violation of MinmStat. § 609.25, subd. 1 (2002) and Minn.Stat. § 609.245, subd. 1 (2002), and was sentenced by the trial court to consecutive prison terms of 78 and 48 months. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction against claims by Peterson that the failure to include instructions on the presumption of innocence, burden of proof and proof beyond a reasonable doubt in the final charge to the jury was reversible error. Concluding that the final charge given to the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. State v. NelsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
  4. United States v. John RuppelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. State v. FloresSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. VanceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  2. State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  3. Thomas Daniel Rhodes v. State of Minnesota, A13-560Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2016
  4. State v. HallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
  5. State v. HollinsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2009

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