Legal Opinion
State v. Columbus
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 16, 1977No. 47351PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant guilty of murder in the third degree, Minn.St. 609.195(2), and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
On the evening of November 15,1975, the following persons were together in a bar in Morton, Minnesota: Lester Dow (the decedent), his wife Marilyn, their 16-year-old son Martin, Dana Kim Columbus (the defendant), his sister Dixie Grundemoen, and her husband Rick Grundemoen. While at the bar Rick and Dixie had an argument, whereupon the bartender called the sheriff, who asked…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- State v. WhiteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- State v. BakerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- State v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- State v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- State v. PenkatySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
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