State v. Peirce

SIMONETT, Justice.

Defendant-appellant Mitchell Peirce appeals his conviction for first-degree murder (causing unintentional death during criminal sexual conduct), second-degree murder (causing unintentional death during a burglary), and his life imprisonment sentence on the first-degree murder conviction. We affirm. 1

During the night of November 19, 1982, four young men entered Luella Larson’s home.- Mrs. Larson was tied up, terrorized, sexually assaulted, and beaten to death. The young men took two rings, some food, and $10. Mrs. Larson was 71 years old, blind, widowed only a week, and home…