Foster v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

Clay Foster appeals his conviction for malice murder. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial demonstrates that the victim, Tammy Foster, was murdered in her home on September 4, 1996. She had been struck in the head multiple times with a blunt, circular object consistent with the head of a hammer. A hammer with one bent prong, identified as one the victim had borrowed from her grandmother, was found in a wooded area behind her home.

Clay Foster and the victim were divorced in May 1996. At the time of the murder, he owed more than $10,000 to the…