State v. Tscheu

758 N.W.2d 849 (2008)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent,

v.

David Michael TSCHEU, Appellant.

No. A06-2239.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 31, 2008.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County Attorney, Brainerd, MN, for respondent.

Mark D. Nyvold, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

OPINION

GILDEA, Justice.

Following a jury trial in Crow Wing County District Court, appellant David Michael Tscheu was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Bonita Thoms. Tscheu filed a direct appeal to this court, arguing that the district court erred (1) when it…