State v. Clifton

OPINION

ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Justice.

Appellant Brian Alexander Clifton was convicted, following a jury trial in Henne-pin County District Court, of premeditated first-degree murder for the shooting death of Steven Earl Nix and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Clifton asserts he was denied a fair trial by the admission of evidence that a state’s witness had been threatened after testifying at an earlier trial, the submission of a no-adverse inference jury instruction and prosecutorial misconduct in closing argument. By pro se supplemental brief, Clifton makes additional claims. We…