Ecker conviction affirmed by Minnesota Court of Appeals

MN Court of Appeals upholds murder conviction of ER practitioner who claimed girlfriend died by suicide in St. Paul

In his appeal, Matthew Ecker claimed the circumstantial evidence supported a reasonable hypothesis that Alexandra Pennig died by suicide.

Ecker conviction affirmed by Minnesota Court of Appeals

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed the Feb. 16, 2024 conviction of a Fergus Falls man.

MN Court of Appeals upholds murder conviction of ER practitioner who claimed girlfriend died by suicide in St. Paul - Finnoexpert

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of Matthew Ecker in the shooting death of his girlfriend at her St. Paul apartment. In a unanimous decision filed Monday, a three-judge panel rejected Ecker’s argument that his conviction should be reversed because the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he shot 32-year-old Alexandra Pennig in December 2022. Ecker claimed the circumstantial evidence sup…