State v. Reese

MEYER, Justice.

Defendant raises numerous assignments of error in both the guilt-innocence and sentencing phases of his trial. These assignments can be grouped into four categories: errors in jury selection, errors in the guilt-innocence phase of the trial, errors in sentencing, and the disproportionality of the sentence. We find that there were no errors in jury selection. However, we find that there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict of guilt on the theory of premeditation and deliberation. There was also error in the submission of two aggravating factors in the…