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State v. Thao

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 8, 2002No. C1-00-2022PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

A shot fired from a vehicle parked near a basketball court in a public park struck *417and killed a basketball player. Following a jury trial, appellant Tze Thao was found not guilty of first-degree premeditated murder but guilty of murder in the second degree while committing a drive-by shooting for the benefit of a gang.1 The district court imposed an upward durational departure of 1.5 times the presumptive sentence, noting that the number of shots fired, the number of people in close proximity, and the location in which the offense, occurred made it significantly more…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  2. State v. WebbSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  3. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  4. State v. GarciaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
  5. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. BlancheSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
  2. State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
  4. State v. LoshSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  5. State v. DalbecCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2010

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