Supreme Court of Minnesota· 5/14/1976
State v. Jensen
Citations
- 242 N.W.2d 109
- 308 Minn. 377
- 1976 Minn. LEXIS 1849
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that it was misconduct to assert that “a plea of not guilty can mean one of two things: It can mean I really didn’t do it and I’m really innocent, or it can mean prove it, and every person is entitled to have it proven if they wish, and I submit that is the case here.”
- disapproving argument that presumption of innocence was a shield for the innocent, not a cloak for the guilty and that when the State has proven its case “the presumption of innocence falls like a cloak, it drops, it disappears.”
- rejecting concept that closing arguments must be colorless
- rejecting concept that closing arguments must be colorless
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Judges: Per Curiam
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Rairdon v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1996-12-12· cited 76×
- State v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-05-25· cited 66×
- State v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1996-02-16· cited 39×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1996-01-05· cited 36×
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-04-08· cited 35×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas· 2025-02-14· cited 22×
- State v. TrimbleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-08-06· cited 16×
- State v. BohlsenSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-12-23· cited 12×
- State v. BettinSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-07-16· cited 11×
- In Re the Welfare of D.D.R.Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2006-05-16· cited 9×
- Finnegan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2009-05-05· cited 5×
- State v. StreeterCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-11-26· cited 5×
- State v. DeVereSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-12-23· cited 5×
- State v. GarciaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 1985-09-17· cited 3×
- State v. MilesSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-05-27· cited 3×
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-10-28· cited 2×
- State v. DabySupreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-12-09· cited 1×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. BillstromSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-03-10· cited 160×
- State v. KotkaSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-08-04· cited 30×
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-08-15· cited 18×
- State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-02-13· cited 10×
- State v. FieldsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-01-09· cited 10×
- Unnamed caseTenth Circuit· 1969-09-30· cited 9×
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