State v. Carr

PREWITT, Chief Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty of three counts of capital murder for killing his stepmother, his stepsister and his brother. For each offense, defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years. He appeals.

On March 15, 1983, defendant was 16 years of age and lived east of Hartville in Wright County with his father, his brother, his stepmother, and her daughter. Defendant was enrolled in high school and that was a regular school day, but he did not attend. He had stayed with his grandmother the night before and then…