State v. Willis

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellant Samuel Willis was convicted of murder in the second degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.19 (1982) and assault in the second degree, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.222 and 609.11 (1982), and was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 120 and 60 months. On appeal he (1) claims the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the homicide victim’s background which was relevant to appellant’s self-defense claim, (2) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence that he did not act in self-defense, (3) alleges error in the admission of his prior convictions, and (4) claims he is…