STATE v. WRIGHT

No. A05-1747.

719 N.W.2d 910 (2006)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Eric Maurice WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Sharon E. Jacks, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, Kelly O'Neill Moller, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul MN; and Janelle Prokopec Kendall, Stearns County Attorney, St. Cloud, MN, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Chief Justice.

Following a jury trial in Stearns County District Court, appellant Eric Maurice Wright was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release in connection with the stabbing death of 82-year-old Raymond Wander. On appeal from the judgment, Wright asserts he was denied a fair trial by the erroneous admission of Spreigl evidence and prosecutorial...

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