State of Minnesota v. Melvin Bilbro

Syllabus

1. The evidence at trial was sufficient to support a guilty verdict for first-degree domestic-abuse murder under Minn. Stat. § 609.185(a)(6) (2024). 2. The Sixth Amendment right to a jury under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004), does not apply to the threshold question of whether a sentence may be imposed for an offense under Minn. Stat. § 609.035 (2024). Affirmed.