State v. Davis

This court is confronted today by issues concerning the conviction and death sentence of appellant. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals with regard to appellant’s conviction, but reverse the judgment of the court of appeals as to appellant’s death sentence.

I

We begin our analysis by considering appellant’s propositions of law which challenge the validity of his conviction for aggravated murder.

As noted above, appellant was charged with aggravated murder with the specification that prior to the instant offense, appellant was convicted of an offense an…