State v. Payne

Ronald G. Payne appeals to this court from his conviction by the jury of first degree murder of Franklin L. Bowersox, Jr., and from his sentence to life imprisonment following his conviction. He alleges as grounds for reversal (1) that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for first degree murder; (2) that the trial court erred in failing to sustain defendant’s motion for a new trial; (3) that the trial court erred in failing to give defendant’s requested instruction with reference to the testimony of persons granted immunity from prosecution for the same crime; and (4) that…