State v. Stroman

Ness, Justice:

Appellant, Willie Stroman, was convicted of four counts of murder, five counts of kidnapping, and one count each of safecracking, assault and battery with intent to kill, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and contempt of court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, kidnapping, and safecracking convictions, twenty years for assault, twenty-five years for armed robbery, five years for conspiracy, and six months for contempt, all to run consecutively. We affirm the convictions, but vacate the life sentences for kidnapping. '

Appellant first contends…