Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit August 1, 2003, 02-4071 (United States v. Robert Joseph Morin)

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Robert Joseph Morin appeals from the district court’s

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denial of his motion for a new trial after he was convicted for murder and sentenced to fife in prison. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Morin was arrested on March 31, 2001, and charged with first-degree murder after Janice Houle was found stabbed to death

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in her trailer home near Dunseith, North Dakota, on March 25, 2001.