State v. Shaw

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Delvin Shaw appealed from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of murder and burglary. We reverse and remand, concluding the district court misapplied the law regarding the admissibility of evidence of other crimes or bad acts.

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[¶ 2] In June 2014, the State charged Shaw with murder and burglary for allegedly shooting and killing Jose Lopez after breaking into his apartment. At trial, Dametrian Welch testified he accompanied Shaw to Lopez’s apartment. Welch testified Shaw kicked the door open, got into an altercation with Lopez, and then…