State v. Jespersen

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the type of wounds inflicted upon the victim can show that the wounds were intentionally inflicted
• holding that the type of wounds inflicted upon the victim can show that the wounds were intentionally inflicted
• holding that the “use of a [dangerous] weapon, if accompanied by an opportunity to deliberate, even for only a short time, is evidence from which a trier of fact may find malice, deliberation, premeditation, and specific intent to kill”
• determining hearsay statements were admissible as prior consistent statements although the trial court admitted them as excited utterances
• providing that intent may be inferred from circumstances
• “[Tjrial court’s ruling ... resulting in admission of the evidence will be upheld if it is sustainable on any grounds appearing in the record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).