State v. Buttrey

OPINION

JONES, Judge.

The defendant, Clessie Raymond But-trey, was convicted of murder second degree by a jury of his peers. The trial court sentenced the defendant to serve a term of fifteen (15) years in the Department of Correction for murder second degree. The trial court also sentenced the defendant to serve an additional five (5) years, consecutive to the principal sentence, because the defendant employed a firearm in the commission of the offense.

The defendant appealed as of right to this Court after the trial court denied his motion for a new trial.

The defendant has raised two issues…