State v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
A jury found Alonzo Ferguson guilty of second-degree intentional murder and second-degree intentional murder for the benefit of a gang. On appeal, Ferguson challenges the use of an anonymous jury, the district court’s Batson ruling, the finding that no jury misconduct occurred, the admission of gang-expert testimony, the prosecutor’s conduct during closing arguments, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the calculation of Ferguson’s sentence. We agree that in sentencing Ferguson the district court incorrectly assigned a felony point for juvenile convictions and failed to…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- State v. RameySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
- Bernhardt v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- State v. SalitrosSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993
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