Romine v. State

Clarke, Justice.

Appellant, Larry Romine, was indicted in Pickens County for the murder of his parents and the armed robbery of his mother. His case was tried under the Unified Appeal Procedure. The jury convicted him on all three counts and recommended that he be sen tenced to death.

1. Appellant and his wife separated a few weeks prior to the murders. He spent most nights thereafter with Ginger McEntire. In this and other respects, appellant’s lifestyle met with parental disapproval. After an argument with his father the weekend before the murders, appellant told Ginger not to worry about it;…