State v. Rickey

MAUS, Presiding Judge.

Marvin Rickey was charged with the capital murder of L.N. At the opening of his trial, the state waived the death penalty. A jury found he was guilty. He was sentenced accordingly. He presents three points on appeal.

At about 1:00 a.m. on September 14,1980 a friend was driving past the home of the victim. He thought the victim was on a vacation. For this reason, when he saw the garage door up, car gone and light on, he stopped to investigate. He saw dried blood on the knob on the door from the garage into the house. Although some lights were on, there was no response to…