State of Minnesota, Respondent v. Kenneth Eugene Andersen, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Andersen's first-degree premeditated-murder conviction, holding that the search-warrant application established probable cause even after correcting the alleged misrepresentations and omissions. It also held that the circumstantial evidence, viewed under the court's adopted two-step approach, was sufficient to prove both identity and premeditation, and that recording attorney calls did not establish a constitutional violation absent prejudice. The court further rejected Andersen's unpreserved juror-misconduct claims under plain-error review. Several justices concurred in the result but criticized the majority's circumstantial-evidence framework and, in one concurrence, advocated a special jury instruction.