Phillips v. State

This case is before the Court on appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death.1 For the reasons explained below, we affirm Phillips’s conviction and sentence.

*299BACKGROUND

The evidence presented at Phillips’s trial revealed that on the evening of October 18, 2005, Phillips entered the parking lot of the Builder’s First Source lumber yard (“Builder’s First”) with the intent to commit a robbery. Between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m., Phillips approached an employee of Builder’s First who had just finished his shift and asked him if the shift was getting off. The…