State v. Quinn

STONE, Justice.

Convicted of murder in the second degree, defendant appealed from the judgment, which was affirmed here. State v. Quinn, 186 Minn. 242, 243 N. W. 70. Later lie moved for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, the latter consisting of statements made by one Harry L. Kremer contradictory of his testimony at the trial as a witness for the state. The facts will not he gone into again except to repeat that defendant admitted the fatal shooting of one Ventress, which he claimed ivas justified as self-defense. Kremer’s testimony was important but by no means all the…