Legal Opinion
State v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 3, 1942No. 33,168PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of arson in the second, degree, and appeals.
The indictment charges her with burning her dwelling house on October 30, 1940. The house was at Lake Minnetonka in Henne-pin county.
The state claimed, and its evidence was to the effect, that she did not personally set the fire, but caused it to be set by an accomplice, one August Anderson. There was no dispute as to Anderson’s having set the fire. Defendant stoutly maintained that she did not have anything to do with the burning of her house and that she not only directed Anderson not to go to the house on…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. BrittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- People v. KingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- People v. . NicholsNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Commonwealth v. DorisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
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3Cited by11 opinions
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