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STATE v. BIRD

No. A06-888.

734 N.W.2d 664 (2007)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Kurt Thomas BIRD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Steven P. Russett, Assistant State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Jean E. Burdorf, Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

A Hennepin County jury convicted Kurt Thomas Bird of one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of first-degree domestic abuse murder for the shooting death of his wife. The jury declined to find that Bird committed the lesser-included offense of heat-of-passion manslaughter. Before his trial began, Bird moved to introduce expert psychiatric testimony that he was experiencing psychotic symptoms before...

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