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STATE v. ALTON

No. C4-87-1823.

432 N.W.2d 754 (1988)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Mark John ALTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, Elizabeth B. Davies, Deputy State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Tom Foley, Ramsey Co. Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. Co. Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

SIMONETT, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction for first degree murder, claiming that premeditation is lacking as a matter of law and that the trial court erred in admitting certain photographs of the murder victim's body. We affirm.

Defendant Mark John Alton had lived with his girlfriend, Philomena Bifulk, and her three children from a previous marriage from September 1984 to October 1986. In June 1986 the couple rented a house at 627...

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