State v. McKinney

*298OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

The defendant, Timothy McKinney, was convicted of premeditated first degree murder and attempted second degree murder. The jury imposed a death sentence for the first degree murder after finding that evidence of an aggravating circumstance, ie., the defendant was previously convicted of a felony whose statutory elements involved the use of violence to the person, outweighed evidence of mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial judge imposed a sentence of twelve (12) years for the…