State v. Prater

Justice Pearce,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶1 A jury convicted defendant Anthony James Prater of aggravated murder and obstructing justice, both first-degree felonies. The jury also convicted Prater on five counts of discharging a firearm from a vehicle, a third-degree felony. At trial, three witnesses testified that Prater confessed to the crime, and one witness testified that he was there when Prater pulled the trigger. Forensic evidence supported the eye-witness’s trial testimony. The district court also admitted a letter Prater had authored that suggested he had committed the murder.…