Gray v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Charles Gray was convicted for the murder and robbery of an elderly man. We find that a police officer's affidavit provided the requisite "substantial basis" for concluding that probable cause existed. We reaffirm that our long-held rule against polygraph evidence is constitutional. And we conclude that aggravating circumstances support the sentence imposed.

Background

The facts favorable to the judgment indicate that on September 10, 1997, 983-year-old Earl Perry was severely beaten with his own cane in his home and had $200 taken from him. Mr. Perry later died from…