State v. Horst
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, holding (1) the district court did not err when it denied Defendant’s motion to suppress statements from a police interview conducted shortly after the murder; (2) the warrantless seizure of Defendant’s cellphone did not violate her constitutional rights; (3) Defendant was not entitled to relief on her claim that defective search warrants violated her constitutional rights; (4) the district court did not err when it failed to give an accomplice-corroboration jury instruction; (5) the district court did not err in denying Defendant’s request to remove a juror for cause; and (6) the evidence was sufficient to support Defendant’s conviction of first-degree premeditated murder.
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