State v. Endreson

CAMERON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of guilt and a sentence of death entered against the defendant following a plea of guilty to first degree murder.

We are asked to answer three questions on appeal:

1. Did the trial court err in accepting defendant’s guilty plea?

2. Did the trial court err in sentencing defendant to death?

3. Is the death penalty cruel and unusual ?

The facts necessary for a determination of this matter are as follows. On 12 March 1968 a woman by the name of Mrs. Sylvia Presley was shot to death in the walk-in cooler of a Circle K market. On 22 March…