State v. Gunby

*41The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Defendant Kevin W. Gunby appeals his conviction and sentence in this premeditated first-degree murder case arising out of the strangulation death of his high school classmate, Amanda Rae Sharp.

Gunby raises four questions for this court’s consideration: (1) Did the district court err in admitting evidence of prior violence between Gunby and Sharp? (2) Did the prosecutor commit reversible misconduct during closing argument? (3) Did the PIK Grim. 3d instruction on lesser included offenses and argument emphasizing it nullify the presumption of…