Moffett v. State

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eric Moffett was convicted of capital murder. Moffett was sentenced to death by lethal injection by a jury of his peers after the jury determined that the murder of a five-year-old child was: (1) committed while Moffett was engaged in felonious abuse and/or battery of a child; and (2) especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel. Finding no reversible error, we affirm his conviction and sentence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Felicia Griffin was sexually abused,1 battered,2 and murdered during the early morning hours of December 31, 1994. Felicia lived in…