State v. Lee Odell Fair

LANSING, Judge.

After a jury trial, the district court entered a judgment of conviction sentencing Lee Odell Fair for the aggravated assault of Gerald Blakely. Fair argues that the trial court erred by excluding the testimony of six witnesses who offered evidence that the crime was committed by an alternative perpetrator, Richard Laine. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

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BACKGROUND

The State presented evidence that Fair committed aggravated battery by striking Blakely outside Dino’s, a bar. Blakely went to Dino’s with his girlfriend, Shelly Thompson; a friend, Joel Hoffman; and Hoffman’s…