Clark v. Commonwealth

H. EDWARD O’DANIEL, Jr., Special Justice.

Appellant Michael Dean Clark was tried and convicted of murder, first degree rob*794bery, fraudulent use of a credit device in the second degree, receiving stolen property, and tampering with physical evidence. The jury sentenced him to death for the murder of Roger Eastham. Clark testified on his own behalf at the trial and admitted that he killed Eastham by shooting him in the head with a handgun on September 5, 1986.

Evidence at the trial showed that Clark wrapped the body, packed it in a chest freezer, and stored the freezer in a commercial storage unit…