State v. Patterson

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Defendant, Maechel Shawn Patterson, was indicted for first degree murder on 7 December 1998 in the death of Bobby Wayne Andrews, Jr. (“the victim”). Defendant was tried non-capitally and found guilty of first degree murder on the basis of premeditation and deliberation and under the felony murder rule. On 28 October 1999, the trial court sentenced defendant to life in prison.

*116The State introduced into evidence defendant’s confession, which tended to show that defendant and the victim had been involved in a homosexual relationship for several years prior to the victim’s death.…