Lewis v. State

Sears, Presiding Justice.

A jury found Christopher Kirkprock Lewis guilty of malice murder, burglary and other offenses. The jury recommended a death sentence after finding three statutory aggravating circumstances: the murder was committed while Lewis was engaged in the commission of an aggravated battery; the murder was committed while Lewis was engaged in the commission of a burglary; and the murder was outrageously and wantonly vile, horrible and inhuman in that it involved torture, depravity of mind, and an aggravated battery to the victim before death. Because the trial judge testified…