State v. Major

BAKES, Justice.

Defendant appellant Melvin Major was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to a fixed term of life in prison. He appeals both the conviction and the sentence, asserting numerous errors which denied him a fair trial. We find that none of these errors require reversal of defendant’s conviction or reduction of his sentence; thus, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

During December of 1979, the defendant, his wife and two children were living in Nampa. The victim, Tony Mesa, was living approximately three miles away. The defendant and Mesa had known each other about…