State v. Fort

OPINION

MAGNUSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Eugene Erick Fort was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2008), and first-degree murder while committing burglary, Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(3), in connection with the December 15, 1990, stabbing death of 11-year-old Marcus Potts. Fort asserts five errors, and also raises additional arguments in his pro se brief. We affirm in part and hold that Fort’s asserted errors do not require reversal of his first-degree premeditated murder conviction. We do, however, reverse Fort’s conviction for first-degree felony murder.

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