Minn. court refuses new trial for Chaska man who killed mom
The state Supreme Court says a young Chaska man who was convicted in the shotgun killing of his mother two years ago will not get a new trial.
A split court ruled Wednesday that Grant Everson does not deserve a new trial because of how the Carver County District Court allowed jurors to review evidence.
The court allowed an equipment operator from the prosecutor's office to play the recordings for jurors as they were deliberating. Jurors are usually to be left alone.
The high court also says the district court should not allow Everson another hearing on the matter.
Everson was convicted in 2006 of plotting with friends to kill his parents and use the insurance payout to open a coffee shop in Amsterdam and sell marijuana.
Everson was sentenced to life in prison without parole. The friend who pulled the trigger, Joel Beckrich, was sentenced to spend at least 30 years in prison.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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