State v. White

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Defendant was indicted on 26 June 2000 for first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon of Ernest Odell Easom (“Easom”) and felonious burning of Easom’s automobile. Defendant was tried before a jury on 16 April 2001, Judge Jack A. Thompson (“Judge Thompson”) presiding. On 2 May 2001, the jury returned verdicts of guilty of murder in the first degree under the felony murder rule, guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon, and not guilty of burning personal property. Judge Thompson arrested judgment on the conviction of robbery with a dangerous weapon, and sentenced…