Legal Opinion
State v. Pendleton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 11, 2007No. A05-1758PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
A jury found appellant Morris Jerome Pendleton, Jr., guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree felony murder while committing kidnapping for the death of Robert Berry, Jr. The district court sentenced Pendleton to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for first-degree felony murder while committing kidnapping. Pendleton appeals, arguing that the district court erred when it: (1) overruled Pendleton’s Batson objection to the state’s peremptory challenge of a prospective juror; (2) admitted evidence of two of Pendleton’s prior…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Schad v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- McKoy v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by37 opinions
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
- State v. CarridineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- State v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
- State v. WrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- State v. CrowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
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