STATE v. LEFTHAND

No. C2-91-1937.

488 N.W.2d 799 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Michael Shane LEFTHAND, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Melissa Sheridan, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Alan L. Mitchell, St. Louis County Atty., Mark S. Rubin, Asst. St. Louis County Atty., Duluth, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

Appellant, Michael Shane Lefthand, was convicted, following a jury trial in St. Louis County District Court, of first-degree murder1 in connection with the deaths of John Loons and Ronald St. Germain and sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant challenges the admission of statements made in the course of a court-ordered psychiatric examination and other statements obtained by police without notice to or the presence of...

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