State v. Ray

OPINION

SUMMERS, Judge.

The appellant, Perry Ricky Ray, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in prison. In this appeal, he presents the following issues:

I. Whether the trial court erred in denying appellant an opportunity to be heard on his request to remove the public defender as counsel.

II. Whether appellant’s confession was involuntarily made and hence inadmissible.

III. Whether the prosecuting attorney was improperly permitted to argue in his opening statement that appellant “executed” the decedent.

IV. Whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of an…