State v. McKinney

OPINION

FELDMAN, Chief Justice.

This consolidated appeal is the first for these defendants foñowing their convictions for two murders, committed two weeks apart, during the commission of residential burglaries. The trials were held simultaneously using dual juries, which this court approved in advance.1 On November 12,1992, McKinney’s jury found him guñty of first degree murder for the deaths of Christene Mertens and Jim McClain. That same day, Hedlund’s jury found him guñty of second degree murder for Mertens’ death and guñty of first degree murder for McClain’s death. The court sentenced…