State v. Thompson

The instant appeal presents this court with numerous issues concerning appellant’s conviction and the penalty of death which was subsequently imposed. For the reasons discussed infra, we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals with regard to appellant’s conviction, but reverse the judgment of the court of appeals as to appellant’s death sentence.

I

We begin our analysis by considering appellant’s propositions of law which challenge the validity of his conviction for aggravated murder.

In appellant’s first proposition of law, he asserts that his conviction must be reversed because the…