Burgess v. State

Carley, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of one count of malice murder, three counts of armed robbery, and five counts of kidnapping. Having found aggravating circumstances, the jury sentenced him to death for the murder. He received consecutive life sentences for the armed robberies and consecutive 20-year sentences for the kidnappings. Appellant appeals from the judgments of convictions and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdicts.1

*7781. The jury was authorized to find that, on July 16, 1990, appellant and his co-defendant, Norris Young, first approached Laura and Randall…