State v. Dawkins

CALABRIA, Judge.

Philip Ray Dawkins, Jr. (“defendant”) seeks review of a judgment entered on a jury verdict of guilty for first-degree murder. 1 We find no error.

The State’s evidence at trial tended to show the following: on 13 April 1995, Robert Beck (“Beck”) discovered a body wrapped in a trash bag, towel, and blanket floating in the Blewett Falls Lake area. The body was also encircled with chains and ropes to which were attached weights and an anchor. The authorities retrieved the body from the water and subsequently determined the body was that of Wendy Dawkins (“victim”), defendant’s…