State v. McCray

LAKE, Justice.

The defendant was indicted on 8 March 1993 for the first-degree murder of James Christopher Carelock. The defendant was tried capitally, and the jury found the defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the theory of premeditation and deliberation. Following a capital sentencing hearing, Judge Rousseau sentenced the defendant to a term of life imprisonment.

At trial, the State presented evidence tending to show that James Carelock was murdered during the early morning hours of 23 August 1992 while talking with Mends outside apartment 306-E at the English Village Apartments in…