STATE v. NESS

No. CX-87-2510.

431 N.W.2d 125 (1988)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Jeffrey Brian NESS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Melissa Sheridan, Asst. State Public Defender, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Mary J. Theisen, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Scott A. Hersey, Isanti Co. Atty., Isanti County Courthouse, Cambridge, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

On September 30, 1987, Jeffrey Brian Ness (defendant) was convicted, after a jury trial in Isanti County District Court, of murder in the first degree in connection with the April 22, 1987 death of his father, David Ness. Defendant was sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment. On appeal, defendant seeks reversal on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence to prove premeditation and intent and error in allowing his confession into evidence...

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