State v. Taylor

FONES, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence of death, based upon the aggravating, circumstance that the murder was committed during the perpetration of a robbery, and a previous conviction of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person.

The murder victim, Darrell Richmond, was released from Shelby County Jail on the morning of 17 June 1986. A check in the sum of $603.26 was issued to him at the time of his release that closed out his account with the inmate commissary of the Sheriff’s Department. He promptly cashed the…