State v. Thoresen

The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court convicting Defendant of first-degree premeditated murder and sentencing him to life in prison without the possibility of release, holding that, contrary to Defendant's assertions on appeal, Defendant’s conviction was not based on corroborated accomplice testimony and that there was no abuse of discretion in the jury instructions.Specifically, the Court held (1) the testimony of Defendant’s accomplice was sufficiently corroborated, and therefore, Defendant’s premeditated murder conviction did not violate Minn. Stat. 634.04; and (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied Defendant’s request to instruct the jury about the credibility of drug users or witnesses who could later be charged as accessories after the fact. View "State v. Thoresen" on Justia Law