State v. Martin

PETERSON, Justice.

At a jury trial in district court defendant, Donald W. Martin, was convicted of the first-degree murder of Jacqueline Patterson and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal from the judgment defendant challenges the admission of certain evidence, the court’s instruction to the jury defining premeditation, and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury’s finding of premeditation. We reject these challenges and affirm the judgment.

In the early morning of Friday, June 20, 1975, defendant, together with Robert Wright and James Warborg, drove to the Victoria Hotel on…