Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1/11/2007

State v. McLaughlin

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725 N.W.2d 703
2007 Minn. LEXIS 7
2007 WL 64168

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stating that for mental illness to be a mitigating factor during sentencing, \a defendant's impairment must be `extreme' to the point that it deprives the defendant of control over his actions\
stating that for mental illness to be a mitigating factor during sentencing, “a defendant’s impairment must be ‘extreme’ to the point that it deprives the defendant of control over his actions”
stating that the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying a mid-trial continuance to procure an expert witness
stating that for mental illness to be used as a mitigating factor in sentencing, “a defendant’s impairment must be ‘extreme’ to the point that it deprives the defendant of control over his actions”
determining whether appellant’s 6 mental impairment was extreme enough to be a mitigating factor in sentencing based on six conflicting expert opinions
upholding the imposition of two consecutive life sentences for an offender who killed two of his classmates when he was 15 years old, and noting that “youth” was a factor in numerous cases in which we had upheld comparable sentences, especially those involving “particularly callous murders”

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