State v. Alston

Summary

The court affirmed Alston’s convictions for premeditated first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and criminal discharge of a firearm. It held that murder under an aiding-and-abetting theory and conspiracy are not multiplicitous because each offense requires proof of an element the other does not, even when based on the same conduct. The court also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a new trial because the challenged slide was promptly corrected, the hearsay claim was unpreserved, and the prosecutor’s voir dire examples did not constitute reversible error.