State v. Anderson

In consolidated appeals John Fredrick Anderson and Robert Ross Stratton challenge convictions on multiple counts of aggravated first degree murder and first degree assault after a joint jury trial.

The issues common to both appeals are:

1. Whether the probative value of evidence of unrelated prior offenses was exceeded by its prejudice.

2. Whether the penalty of life without the possibility of parole is constitutionally permissible, and whether the statutory scheme authorized the procedural steps employed by the State in seeking such penalty.

Anderson raises the following issues:

1. Whether…