Roberts v. State

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

Victor Roberts was indicted in Fayette County for the murder of Mary Jo Jenkins. His case was tried under the Unified Appeal Procedure. A jury found Roberts guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. We affirm.

1. Shortly after 11:00 a.m. on February 1, 1983, a school bus from kindergarten dropped the victim’s son off at their home on Lee’s Lake Road. A few minutes later, the boy walked the quarter of a mile to a neighbor’s house to ask for help. He told the neighbor that his mother’s nose was bleeding. The neighbor returned with the boy and discovered Mrs.…