State v. Huber

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] A jury found Kenneth C. Huber (Huber) guilty of first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife, Pam Huber. The only dispute was whether the shooting was accidental or intentional. The State’s theory was that Huber, a former chief of police, was an expert marksman who was too well-trained in the safe-handling of handguns for the shooting to have been an accident. Over Huber’s Daubert objection, the circuit court admitted the State’s expert’s testimony that the shooting was inconsistent with an accidental act because well-trained officers do not…