2009-M-131             State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Revelle Loving, Appellant.

A Hennepin County jury found appellant Revelle Loving guilty of first-degree premeditated murder for the January 16, 2007, shooting deaths of Mosetta Peters and Ja Naurri Allen. 

On appeal, Loving argues that the district court abused its discretion by admitting (1) gunshot residue evidence, and (2) relationship evidence.  He also raises eight arguments in a pro se supplemental brief.  We affirm

First, the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting gunshot residue evidence.

Second, the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting relationship evidence to show a strained relationship between appellant and decedents, and to help establish motive, intent, identity, and premeditation.

               Barry Anderson  (Magnuson, Page, Paul Anderson, Meyer, Gildea, and Dietzen)

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