State v. Henry

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

This is Duane Henry’s direct appeal of his juiy conviction for premeditated first-degree murder of Sheila Winter and his subsequent sentence to life imprisonment.

Henry raises five issues: (1) Did the issuing magistrate have a substantial basis for concluding probable cause existed to issue a search warrant for the seizure of Henry’s blood and hair samples? (2) Did the trial court properly deny Henry’s motion to dismiss which alleged insufficient evidence of premeditation was presented at the preliminary hearing? (3) Was it an abuse of…