Lewis v. State

Smith, Justice.

A Baldwin County jury found the appellant, Willie James Lewis, Jr., guilty of the armed robbery of Johnny Walker, but deadlocked upon the charge that the appellant murdered Walker. The trial court declared a mistrial on the murder count, and upon retrial, another Baldwin County jury found the appellant guilty of Walker’s murder. The appellant received life sentences on both the armed robbery and the murder counts. He raises three issues on his appeal of these con victions. We affirm. 1

Friends discovered Walker’s lifeless body on March 20, 1985. He had been stabbed repeatedly in…