State v. Singletary

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant was tried noncapitally and found guilty of first-degree murder based on premeditation and deliberation and the felony murder rule. Defendant was also found guilty of first-degree burglary. The trial judge consolidated the two convictions for sentencing and sentenced defendant to life imprisonment.

The evidence at trial tended to show that on Saturday, 27 August 1994, defendant’s wife, Garnett Jean Singletary, went out with her two sisters-in-law, Rachel and Schmora. The women met one of Garnett’s co-workers, Samuel Learon Bailey IV, at a local nightclub. On the…