State v. Lopez
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of first-degree premeditated murder and attempted second-degree murder, holding that any error in the underlying proceedings was harmless.
In its written findings of fact, the trial court made a finding related to Defendant's defense that was unsupported by the record concerning business closures at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and used this finding as part of its assessment of Defendant's credibility. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court's pandemic-related finding did not require a new trial under any of the impartiality tests; and (2) the district court's failure to consider the lesser-included offense of second-degree unintentional felony murder in its deliberations was harmless.
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