State v. Dao Xiong

OPINION

WRIGHT, Justice.

Appellant Dao Xiong was found guilty by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2012), second-degree intentional murder, Minn. Stat. § 609.19, subd. 1(1) (2012), and second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony, Minn.Stat. § 609.19, subd. 2(1) (2012), arising out of the death of Youa Ty Lor. On appeal, Xiong seeks reversal of his convictions and a new trial based on the district court’s admission of expert testimony offered by a medical examiner and a firearms examiner. As to both, Xiong argues that the testimony was…