State v. Davis
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and first-degree felony murder. The district court sentenced Appellant to life in prison with the possibility of release. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court (1) erred in instructing the jury on the intent element of burglary, the predicate offense for the felony-murder charge, but the error did not constitute reversible plain error; (2) erred in suggesting the order in which the jury should consider the charges when instructing the jury, but the error was not plain; (3) did not abuse its discretion by excluding alternative-perpetrator evidence of Appellant’s alleged bad acts; and (4) did not violate Minn. R. Crim. P. 26.03(1) by proceeding with the trial in Appellant’s absence.
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