State v. Pauling

Burnett, Justice:

Appellant was convicted and sentenced for one count of murder (life imprisonment); for two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill (twenty years consecutive imprisonment); for two counts of armed robbery (twenty-five years consecutive imprisonment); for possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime (five years consecutive imprisonment); and for conspiracy (five years consecutive improsonment). Appellant was acquitted of a second murder charge.

FACTS

A scheme to rob drug dealers resulted in two related shootings at two different locations. At each…