Opinion

State v. Ulvinen

  • 313 N.W.2d 425
  • 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1542
Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Filed
Dec 17, 1981
Status
Published
Author
Yetka
On the bench
Otis, Yetka
Cited by
120 cases

finding no accomplice liability where defendant told her son that it would be best if he killed his wife, but did not offer advice or assistance, or tell him how to avoid being caught

How later courts described this case

  • finding no accomplice liability where defendant told her son that it would be best if he killed his wife, but did not offer advice or assistance, or tell him how to avoid being caught
  • finding hearsay statements by homicide victim that she feared her mother-in-law would poison her deemed not admissible
  • reversing conviction for aiding and abetting of mother who did not actively encourage her son to murder his wife but merely passively acquiesced
  • stating homicide victim’s state of mind was not at issue

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

YETKA, Justice

(concurring specially).

I concur in the finding that it is difficult to justify a conviction for first degree murder — perhaps third degree murder or manslaughter is more appropriate.

However, I disagree with that portion of the majority opinion which finds the statements by the deceased inadmissible. I believe the trial court properly admitted the statements for the reasons it set forth.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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