Brown v. State

Sears, Justice.

The appellant, Maurice Brown, appeals from his convictions of malice murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. The state sought the death penalty, but the jury recommended that Brown receive a sentence of life without parole. The trial court sentenced Brown to life without parole for the malice murder conviction, to life in prison for the armed robbery conviction, and to 20 years in prison for the aggravated assault conviction, all sentences to run consecutively. On appeal, Brown contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a statement of one of Brown’s…