State v. Martin

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant Martin appeals from a conviction in Hennepin County District Court of the third-degree murder of his landlord, Ralph Mayhood, for which he received a sentence of 0 to 25 years. Defendant and Charles Des Jaríais, another tenant, were charged with causing the death of Mayhood while committing an aggravated assault on him. 1 Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the refusal of the trial court to grant a mistrial due to jury dead lock, and the correctness of the first-degree manslaughter instruction given. Citing as error the trial court’s denial of his…