State v. Wilson

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Maurice Nathaniel Wilson was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. §§ 609.05, .185(a)(1) (2016), on an accomplice-liability theory for his involvement in the murder of Anthony Fairbanks. On appeal, Wilson asserts-that the district court made' two. errors. First, he argues that the district court clearly erred by denying his Batson objection to the State’s peremptory challenge .of pro*376spective juror 29. Second, he argues that the district court abused its discretion by-refusing to allow him to develop an alternative theory to explain why…