State v. Wright

LANSING, Chief Judge.

After a jury trial, Michael Jordan Wright was convicted of second degree murder. He appeals, asserting that the district court erred by excluding an expert’s testimony on factors affecting the reliability of eyewitness identification and by refusing Wright’s proffered jury instruction concerning these factors. Wright also asserts that his sentenee-a unified life sentence, with a sixty-year minimum term — is excessive. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Preston James Gilmer was shot to death on the corner of Sixth and Grove Streets in downtown Boise in the early morning hours…