STATE v. NICKS

Nos. A09-1641, A12-0348.

831 N.W.2d 493 (2013)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Nidjia Dean NICKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Rachel F. Bond , Assistant State Public Defender, Saint Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Elizabeth Johnston , Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.


OPINION

ANDERSON, Paul H., Justice.

Nidjia Dean Nicks was convicted by the Hennepin County District Court of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Johanna Hollis and of the attempted first-degree murder of Hollis's daughter, A.R. At trial, the State was only able to present a minimal amount of direct evidence that connected Nicks to the scene of the shooting. Thus, the State had to rely primarily on circumstantial...

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