State v. Locklear

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried upon proper indictments for the first-degree murder of Geraldine H. Donovan and for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury on Victoria Kay Donovan. The jury found the defendant guilty of both offenses as charged. At the conclusion of a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment be entered for the conviction of murder in the first degree. The trial court, as required by law, imposed a life sentence for that offense pursuant to the jury’s recommendation. The trial court also…