Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Latter-day Saint movements Kirtland, OH, USA · 1990

Jeffrey Lundgren: five aggravated-murder and kidnapping convictions

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Appellate history

1995-08-30

The court affirmed the convictions and upheld the death sentences after independent review.

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

breakaway religious teacher, communal leader treated as a father figure

Organization

Lundgren breakaway group

Archive classification

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The cited record identifies apocalyptic prophecy, scriptural authority, communal financial control, isolation, and leader-directed violence as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is breakaway religious teacher and communal leader treated as a father figure.

Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

1990-08-29 · jury verdict and sentence

Lake County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio. A jury convicted Lundgren of five aggravated murders and five kidnappings. The trial court imposed a death sentence for each murder and consecutive prison terms for the kidnappings.

Documented coercion mechanisms

apocalyptic prophecy
scriptural authority
communal financial control
isolation
leader-directed violence

Cited record

Sources

state supreme court appellate opinion State v. Lundgren, 73 Ohio St. 3d 474, 1995-Ohio-227 (Aug. 30, 1995).: The official Ohio Supreme Court opinion affirms five aggravated-murder and five kidnapping convictions. It documents Lundgren's breakaway religious authority, apocalyptic teachings, communal financial control, excommunication and direction of the killings.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/1995/1995-ohio-227.pdf Corpus classification: state-supreme-court; evidentiary role: appellate-opinion. SHA-256 874d57f457bad715ee234babb3f9ed344e4f53dc3f274f1c97660206ef9b9c7e
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