State v. Michael

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant entered a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree, after having been initially charged with murder in the first degree. The victim was David Carl Michael, Sr., the defendant’s father. After the presentation of evidence at a sentencing hearing, Judge Walker sentenced defendant to life imprisonment.

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Defendant seeks a new sentencing hearing and brings forward two assignments of error relating thereto. Both assignments of error allege that the trial court erred in failing to consider and find a specific mitigating factor. Our review of the trial transcript reveals…