State of Minnesota v. Jawan Contrail Carroll

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Following judgment of conviction for multiple counts of second-degree intentional murder and attempted murder, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence at trial to disprove that he acted in self-defense and argues that the district court plainly erred in instructing the jury on self-defense and abused its discretion in admitting opinion testimony regarding surveillance-video footage. Because the evidence at trial was sufficient to disprove that appellant acted in self-defense, the district court properly instructed the jury on self-defense, and because the district court did not abuse its discretion by permitting opinion testimony about the content of surveillance-video footage, we affirm.