State v. Millsaps

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant James Lewis Millsaps was indicted on 31 January 2000 for the first-degree murder of Rhoda Rousseau and of Lenna Lewis. He was tried capitally and was- found guilty of first-degree murder on both counts based on premeditation and deliberation and felony murder of each victim, with the murder of the other victim as the underlying felony. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death for each murder, and the trial court entered judgment accordingly.

The State’s evidence tended to show that about 9:00 a.m. on 13…