Rhodes v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Paul Eddie Rhodes appeals his conviction for murder and sentence of life imprisonment without parole. We affirm the conviction. Because we find that the trial court sentenced defendant under a statute not in effect at the time of the crime, we vacate defendant’s sentence of life imprisonment without parole and resentence defendant to a term of sixty years.

Background

On May 8, 1994, defendant repeatedly stabbed fourteen year-old Antwan Majors in a disagreement over some forty or fifty dol lars Majors owed defendant. Majors died as a result of the stab wounds. On May…