State v. Williams

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted of murdering Michael Johnson and robbing Johnson’s wife, Dorothy. The trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive terms of life imprisonment and twenty-five years. We affirm.

Murder was submitted on two theories: felony-murder and first-degree murder in common form. Defendant concedes he did not challenge either submission below. He now seeks reversal under the plain error rule, which requires that we determine submitting the instructions caused a “manifest injustice.” Rule 27.20(c), V.A.M.R. We cannot so find.

The State’s evidence…