State v. Johnson

OPINION

HARBISON, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree in connection with the suffocation of his wife, Connie Johnson and sentenced to death by electrocution. After reviewing the briefs and arguments of counsel and the entire record, we affirm the conviction and the sentence.

At the time of the trial, appellant was thirty-four years of age. The homicide occurred on December 8, 1984. For three or four years prior to that time, appellant had been the manager and a salesman for a camping equipment center in Memphis. His wife had also worked at the center for a period…