State v. Follin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

Rick Follin fatally stabbed his 3- and 4-year-old daughters. He was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to two consecutive hard 40 terms of imprisonment. He appeals the convictions and sentences.

At approximately midday on Saturday, February 5,1994, a passing motorist, Val Taylor, saw Rick Follin slumped over the steering wheel of his pickup, which was parked near El Dorado Lake. In response to Taylor’s questions, Follin indicated by nodding his head that he had tried to kill himself. When Taylor…