State v. Anderson

BUTTERFIELD, Justice.

Defendant Billy Raymond Anderson was indicted on 21 July 1998 for the first-degree murder and first-degree rape of Lorraine Watson. Defendant was tried capitally, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder upon the theories of malice, premeditation, and deliberation and felony murder. The jury also found defendant guilty of first-degree rape. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death for the murder conviction, and the trial court sentenced him accordingly. The trial court also sentenced…