State v. Johnson

OPINION

MAGNUSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Ryan Adam Johnson, was convicted of first-degree murder while committing child abuse, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(5) (2008), first-degree murder while committing domestic abuse, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(6), and second-degree intentional murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.19 (2008), for the death of his infant child, Jonah Johnson. Johnson argues that there was insufficient evidence to prove a past pattern of child and domestic abuse, and that the district court erred in convicting him for three counts of murder for the same incident. We hold that there is…