STATE v. MURPHY

No. C0-84-2128.

380 N.W.2d 766 (1986)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Marshall Donald MURPHY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Brian I. Rademacher, Asst. State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Thomas J. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Vernon E. Bergstrom, Chief, Appellate Section, Paul R. Jennings, Asst. Co. Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

On September 14, 1984, defendant Marshall Donald Murphy was convicted of first degree murder. Essential to the state's case was evidence of a confession defendant made to his probation officer who was supervising defendant in connection with an unrelated matter. This confession was the subject of extensive pretrial litigation which included a ruling by the United States Supreme Court that the confession was not compelled within the meaning of...

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