Thomas v. State

Jim Gunter, Justice.

Appellant, Mickey David Thomas, appeals his conviction of two counts of capital murder of Mona Shelton and Donna Cary. For each count a Pike County jury returned a sentence of death. We affirm the jury’s verdict.

On June 14, 2005, DeQueen Police found the bodies of two women at Cornerstone Monument Company after receiving a call about a possible break-in. Mona Shelton, the owner of the company, had been beaten and shot once in the head. Donna Cary, a customer, had been shot once in the head at close range. Police received a report of a black male with a white bag walking…