State v. Hayes
Annotate this CaseDefendant was found guilty of first-degree murder while committing domestic abuse with a past pattern of domestic abuse, and second-degree murder while committing a felony. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the State presented sufficient evidence to prove that Defendant assaulted the victim and caused his death; (2) the State presented sufficient evidence to prove Defendant had engaged in a past pattern of domestic abuse; (3) the district court did not err in failing to instruct the jury that a past pattern of domestic abuse requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least two prior acts of abuse; and (4) the district court did not err in failing to instruct the jury that it needed to agree unanimously on which two specific acts of past abuse were proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
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