State v. Flores

OPINION

STRINGER, J.

Appellant Erasmo Charles Flores, Jr. and his cousin C.F. were indicted for first-degree premeditated murder, 1 first-degree felony murder 2 and second-degree intentional murder 3 for the death of Nathan Wood, a 24-year old resident of Windom, Minnesota. The state sought a pre-trial ruling on the admissibility of a statement made by C.F. to his girlfriend S.R. and a statement made by C.F. to appellant’s friend Shawn Cary, arguing that the statement to S.R. was in furtherance of a concealment phase of the murder conspiracy under Minn. R. Evid. 801(d)(2)(E), and that the…