Legal Opinion

State v. Ferguson

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided March 27, 2007No. A05-1729PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Johnson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. State v. RameySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  4. Bernhardt v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
  5. State v. SalitrosSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1993

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State of Minnesota v. Edbin Jose CoreasCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2024
  2. State of Minnesota v. Jimmy Lee MorrisCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014

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