State v. Laws

MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant was tried on proper indictments at the 12 August 1985 Special Criminal Session of Superior Court, Davidson County, and was convicted of two counts of murder in the first degree. The jury recommended and the trial court entered a sentence of death for each murder. On appeal the defendant brings forward numerous assignments of error which we address seriatim. We conclude that the defendant’s trial and sentencing were free of prejudicial error.

*93The State’s evidence tended to show that the bodies of Ronnie Waddell, 35, and James Kepley, 57, were found on a rural…