Mattern v. State

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] A jury found the appellant guilty of attempted first-degree murder, and the district court sentenced him to life in prison. This appeal raises questions concerning jury selection, uncharged misconduct evidence, the adequacy of the jury instructions, and the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

ISSUES 1

[¶2] 1. Did the State engage in purposeful discrimination when it exercised peremptory challenges to exclude two His-panies from the jury?

2. Was character evidence improperly admitted at trial?

3. Did the district court properly instruct the jury as to the elements of…