Clemons v. State

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

liAppellant James Clemons was convicted by a Union County jury of the capital murder of Billy Ponder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, Clemons contends that the circuit court (1) erred in denying his motion for directed verdict because the State failed to prove by substantial evidence that he committed capital murder, (2) abused its discretion in refusing to allow testimony about a letter written by a jailhouse informant who testified as a State’s witness at trial, and (3) erred in denying his motion to suppress his…