State v. Trusty

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• holding that there was sufficient evidence of premeditation where, among other things, the defendant declared his intent to kill the victim if she ever left him
• holding that trial court did not err by admitting homicide victim’s statements that she was afraid of the defendant, with whom she had a tumultuous romantic relationship
• concluding that venue was adequately established when the jury made the presumption that the victim died in the county in which the body was found rather than crediting the defendant’s testimony
• concluding that factors weighing toward premeditation “include the use of a deadly weapon on an unarmed victim; the lack of provocation on the part of the victim . . . the defendant‟s failure to render aid to the victim”
• holding the victim’s statements made shortly before her death were admissible under the state of mind exception to prove her “probable mental state and behavior at the time of her death”
• rejecting claim that jury instruction permitting inference in favor of territorial jurisdiction violated defendant’s due pro- cess rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).