Neal v. State

ON DIRECT APPEAL

SELBY, Justice.

Beneta K. Neal was convicted of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. She was sentenced to sixty (60) years on the murder conviction, and fifty (50) years for conspiracy, with the sentences to be served consecutively. This case comes to us on direct appeal, and Neal appeals both convictions. We affirm the murder conviction and vacate the conviction for conspiracy to commit murder.

The issues presented for review are whether the trial court erred in allowing a state's witness to testify as to a threat made by the defendant against the investigating officer, and…