Riley v. State

OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Appellant Billy Ray Riley (Riley) was convicted after a jury trial of one count of first degree murder and one count of robbery, both with use of a deadly weapon. The jury found five aggravating circumstances at the penalty phase, with no mitigating circumstances sufficient to outweigh them, and sentenced Riley to death for the murder. The judge sentenced Riley, as an habitual criminal, to life without possibility of parole for the robbery.

Riley appealed the judgment of conviction to this court, on several grounds. This court rejected all of Riley’s arguments, and affirmed…