State v. Wilson

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was charged in an indictment, proper in form, with the first-degree murder of William Sanders. There being no evidence of aggravating circumstances, defendant was tried noncapitally and convicted by the jury of first-degree murder on the theory of premeditation and deliberation. The trial court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. We find defendant received a fair trial free of prejudicial error.

State’s evidence tended to show that on 18 June 1991 around 8:30 p.m., Lynn Ellen Morrow was at the home of defendant’s sister, Teresa, who lived on Wayt…