State v. Martin

OPINION

GILDEA, Justice.

This case is before us following a remand for reconstruction of the record regarding communications between the judge and the jury. An Anoka County jury found Lennell Maurice Martin guilty of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree murder while committing a burglary, second-degree assault, and two kidnapping offenses. On direct appeal to this court, one of Martin’s arguments was that the district court committed reversible error by communicating four times with the deliberating jury outside his presence. The district court record as transmitted to this court…