Falcon v. State

OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict of numerous criminal counts. For reasons stated below, we affirm the decision of the district court.

FACTS

On October 21, 1992, at 9:30 p.m., appellant Julian Richard Falcon (“Falcon”) burst into the apartment of Chris Nepper. Falcon was carrying a large axe. In the apartment at the time were Nepper, his girlfriend, his three-year-old daughter and his girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter. Thus began Falcon’s nearly six-hour reign of terror.

Falcon threatened to kill all four individuals if they refused to…