People v. Thomas

Opinion by Judge RULAND.

Defendant, Allen Thomas, Jr., appeals from the judgments of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding him guilty of first degree murder after deliberation, first degree felony murder, first degree sexual assault, second degree burglary, aggravated robbery, and robbery of the elderly. We affirm.

The victim was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered in her home in connection with a robbery. The position of the defense at trial was that defendant had committed the homicide, but that he was under the influence of drugs at the time to the extent that the crime…