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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Freudenberg finds the trial court properly convicted defendant for murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. After a disagreement over items the victim purchased for defendant’s “on-again, off-again” girlfriend, defendant shot the victim nine times from the passenger seat of the girlfriend’s car as soon as the victim opened the door to exit his adjacent SUV. The girlfriend testified that defendant talked about killing the victim prior to the shooting, saying “all I need is a clear shot.” She and a passenger in the victim’s SUV also testified that defendant provoked the victim by saying “fight me like a man” in order to get him to exit his SUV. Testimony by a forensic expert who did not perform the autopsy, but interpreted crime scene and examiner photos was not prejudicial. Affirmed.