State v. Wienke
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment and commitment issued by the district court following Defendant's convictions for two counts of deliberate homicide and one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, holding that there was no error.
On appeal, Defendant argued that the district court erred in admitting any and all text messages at trial and by not giving Defendant's proposed instruction regarding reasonable doubt. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court (1) did not abuse its discretion by admitting testimony regarding certain text messages at trial; and (2) did not abuse its discretion by declining to give Defendant's proposed jury instruction regarding reasonable doubt.
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