Opinion ID: 2452000
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: The First Degree Murder Conviction

Text: ¶ 42 This same videotape evidence supports Monday's murder conviction, including the element of premeditation. Monday shot Green in the back, chest, and arm with 4 out of 11 shots fired from a .40 caliber firearm, as Green ran away, after at least 2 minutes and 39 seconds of confrontation and escalated fighting captured on videotape. [3] ¶ 43 Indeed, the jury found that the totality of the evidence presented at trial supported Monday's murder conviction beyond a reasonable doubt. [4] Although the majority does not think that the videotape alone is dispositive of Monday's murder conviction, it does not follow that the court should substitute its judgment for that of the jury, which properly (and correctly) considered all the evidence presented at trial.