State v. Joseph B. Reinwand

*709¶1 This appeal comes before us on certification from the court of appeals.1 On October 30, 2014, Joseph B. Reinwand was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide for shooting Dale Meister, the father of his granddaughter. He was sentenced to life in prison2 without the possibility of release to extended supervision.3

*710¶2 The court of appeals certified the appeal to this court to answer two questions:

[W]hether the 'forfeiture by wrongdoing' doctrine applies at a homicide trial where the declarant is the homicide victim, but where the defendant killed the declarant to prevent him or her from…