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State v. Jorgensen

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 1, 2003No. C8-02-322PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

Appellant James John Jorgensen was found guilty of one count of first-degree premeditated murder, in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2002), after a jury trial in Hennepin County District Court, for the death of his fiancée, Shelby Davis. He was found not guilty of one count of second-degree intentional murder. Jor-gensen was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution. In this direct appeal, Jorgensen challenges the legality of the search that resulted in the discovery of Davis’s body. He also claims that he was denied effective assistance of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. United States v. Karyn Rene Walther, United States of America v. Graciela Barba-BarbaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  4. Dukes v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
  5. State v. BolteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1995

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State of Minnesota v. Diamond Lee Jamal GriffinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2016
  2. Whisenant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2004
  3. State v. BeaneCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2013
  4. State v. PrtineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  5. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006

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