State v. Woodard
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of first-degree murder and sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of release, holding that the district court did not err in denying Defendant's motion to present an alternative-perpetrator defense.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in holding that Defendant's proffered evidence in support of his motion to present alternative-perpetrator evidence for lack of sufficient foundation; and (2) the district court committed an error that was plain in instructing the jury on the order in which to consider the charges against Defendant, but there was no reasonable likelihood that the instruction affected the jury's verdict and therefore did not affect Defendant's substantial rights.
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