State of Minnesota v. Keith Richard Rossberg

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This is appellant Keith Rossberg’s direct appeal from his conviction for first-degree premeditated murder, see Minn.Stat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2012), for killing Devan Hawkinson. Rossberg claims that he is entitled to a new trial because the district court admitted evidence of his past conduct and relationship with . Hawkinson. Rossberg argues that the evidence was irrelevant and that it violated the Confrontation Clause because it included testimonial statements that Hawkinson made to the police before his death. Rossberg also raises a variety of other claims in his pro…