State v. Nance

Burnett, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, assault and battery with intent to kill, burglary in the first degree, and armed robbery and was sentenced to death. We affirm.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of November 7,1992, Appellant approached the home of seventy-nine-year-old Robert Fraley and his wife of 53 years, seventy-three-year-old Violet Fraley. After cutting the telephone lines to the home, Appellant knocked on the front door. The Fraleys awoke, and Mr. Fraley answered the door. Appellant told Mr. Fraley that his car had broken…