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STATE v. McLAUGHLIN

No. A05-2327.

725 N.W.2d 703 (2007)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. John Jason McLAUGHLIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Davi E. Axelson, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Lori Swanson, Minnesota Attorney General, John B. Galus, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Janelle Kendall, Stearns County Attorney, St. Cloud, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

Fifteen-year-old John Jason McLaughlin was tried as an adult and convicted for the murders of two fellow students whom McLaughlin shot at Rocori High School in Cold Spring, Minnesota. After a bifurcated trial at which six expert witnesses testified regarding McLaughlin's mental health, the Stearns County District Court declined to excuse McLaughlin from criminal liability. The court found that McLaughlin knew it was morally...

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