State of Minnesota v. Ricky Darnell Waiters

Summary

The court affirmed Waiters's convictions for first-degree felony murder and attempted first-degree felony murder. It held that the evidence permitted the jury to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Waiters recklessly discharged a firearm toward a building, and that the prosecutor's rebuttal comments were a permissible request to decide the case based on the evidence rather than emotion. The court also rejected Waiters's three pro se claims as meritless.