Spears v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

A jury found appellant Mildred Spears guilty of capital murder and conspiracy to commit capital murder. The trial court sentenced her to life imprisonment without parole for the capital murder. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

Blytheville police were summoned to the Chickasaw Courts apartments at 1:14 a.m., November 9, 1993, where they found Vernon Gray’s corpse lying outside Bernita Webb’s apartment. Gray, who was appellant’s live-in companion, had been shot twice in the head. Appellant, who was inside Bernita Webb’s apartment, had heard the two shots and saw…