State v. Blanchard

PETERSON, Justice.

Defendant Mitchell Blanchard was indicted for first-degree murder in the multiple stabbing death of Sharon Hill and was found guilty by a district court jury of second-degree murder. Defendant appeals from judgment of conviction contending (1) that the admission of testimony of a previously hypnotized witness constituted reversible error, (2) that the admission of other-crimes evidence was reversible error, and (3) that the admission of evidence of the victim’s fear of defendant was reversible error. We affirm.

On Sunday, April 30, 1978, at about 8:30 a. m., a body was found…