State v. Garcia
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for premeditated first-degree murder and his sentence of life without the possibility of parole for fifty years, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the district court did not err or abuse its discretion in denying Defendant's motion for a venue change; (2) the autopsy photographs admitted at trial were relevant, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that they were not unduly prejudicial; and (3) the district court did not err when it declined Defendant's request for an instruction on voluntary manslaughter.
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