Norris v. State

ELANA CUNNINGHAM WILLS, Justice.

liA Saline County jury convicted appellant Paul Anthony Norris of capital murder, two counts of aggravated robbery, and first-degree battery.1 The trial court sentenced Norris to life imprisonment without parole for the capital-murder conviction, twenty-five years on each aggravated robbery charge, and twenty years for first-degree battery. Norris argues on appeal that the trial court erred in denying his motions for a directed verdict on the capital murder and aggravated-robbery charges, and in refusing to submit his proffered jury instructions on imperfect…