State v. Hallmark

THISSEN, Justice.

Appellant Marcus Hallmark was found guilty by a Hennepin County jury of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2018), and second-degree intentional murder, *288Minn. Stat. § 609.19, subd. 1(1) (2018), for killing Thomas Russ at a park-and-ride facility in Minnetonka. The district court convicted Hallmark on both charges and sentenced him to life without the possibility of release. On direct appeal, Hallmark raises, through his attorney, three claims of alleged reversible error. He first argues that the district court abused its discretion by admitting,…