State v. Lionberg

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court finding the defendant, Brian Lionberg, guilty of murder in the first degree of Mary Burroughs (decedent) and imposing a life sentence as required by statute, to run consecutively with a life sentence being served in the State of Kansas.

The record before us indicates that on February 28, 1984, neighbors noticed that the outside and inside lights of Mary Burroughs’ house were on all night. The neighbors notified Mrs. Burroughs’ relatives since she had recently been widowed, lived alone, and was…