State v. Shields
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for two counts of first-degree premeditated murder, holding that any error in this case did not affect the verdict and was therefore harmless.
On appeal, Defendant asserted multiple claims of trial error, including a claim that the district court clearly erred by failing to provide the jury with a cautionary instruction on the reliability of eyewitness identifications. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, holding (1) the district court erred by failing to provide the cautionary instruction, which was legally and factually appropriate, at trial, but the court's instructional error did not warrant reversal; and (2) Defendant's remaining claims of error were without merit.
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