State v. Martin

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Lennell Maurice Martin appeals his conviction of premeditated first-degree murder, first-degree murder while committing a burglary, second-degree assault, and two counts of kidnapping. Martin’s counsel raised two issues in this appeal: whether a statement made by the victim after he was shot was inadmissible under Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), or under Minn. R. Evid. 804(b)(2) or 803(2), and whether the trial court’s communications with the jury outside Martin’s presence and without his personal waiver constituted reversible…