State v. Adams

EXUM, Chief Justice.

On 14 March 1988, defendant was indicted for first degree burglary, robbery with a dangerous weapon and the murder of Mildred Hendrix Foster. Defendant pled guilty to the two burglary charges against him. At trial, a jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder. After a capital sentencing hearing, the jury *405recommended the death penalty for defendant. The trial court sentenced defendant to death. Defendant appeals from that judgment.

Defendant brings forward five assignments of error relating to the guilt phase of his trial on the first degree murder indictment and…