MN Supreme Court to review road rage murder appeal

IS AN END POINT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE TO SOME OF THIS. I’LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THE SEVEN DAY OVER THE NEXT 19 MINUTES. GUYS THANK YOU KEITH. IT’S 703 NOW, HAPPENING TODAY. THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR AN APPEAL IN A HIGH PROFILE ROAD RAGE MURDER CASE. OUR BILL KELLER IS LIVE. HE’S IN SAINT PAUL WITH MORE ON THE ORAL ARGUMENTS. THE HIGH COURT IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER. BILL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, TOM AND ALEX. 15 MONTHS AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON, THE 36 YEAR OLD GUNMAN NOW WANTS HIS CONVICTION

OVERTURNED. THIS IS AN APPEAL THAT IS NOW BEING TAKEN UP BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT. JAMAL SMITH FOUND GUILTY FOR THE DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT KILLED A YOUTH BASEBALL COACH. THE VICTIM, JAY BOUGHTON. HE WAS DRIVING HIS SON HOME FROM A GAME IT WAS ON 169 IN PLYMOUTH. THIS WAS IN JULY OF 2021 AND IT BEGAN AFTER AN ENCOUNTER IN TRAFFIC. WELL, THAT CHICAGO NATIVE JURY, THEN CONVICTED ON THOSE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. DURING THIS MORNING’S ORAL ARGUMENT, JUSTICES WILL HEAR THREE MAIN ARGUMENTS FROM SMITH’S DEFENSE TEAM. FIRST, WAS HE DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO

A JURY POOL COMPOSED OF A FAIR CROSS SECTION OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY. TWO DID THE STATE PROVE THAT SMITH WAS THE ONE WHO SHOT AND KILLED THE VICTIM? AND THREE SHOULD THE STATE BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT

EVIDENCE RELATED TO OTHER CRIMES COMMITTED BEFORE, BEFORE AND AFTER THAT DEADLY SHOOTING? WELL, DESPITE SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN MINNESOTA, SMITH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER 30 YEARS. AGAIN, JUSTICE IS EXPECTED TO HEAR HIS CASE AT 10:00 THIS MORNING. TOM AND ALEX, BACK TO YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL.