State v. George

Defendant was convicted of aggravated murder, first-degree burglary, and attempted rape. On appeal, he advances two assignments of error. First, he contends that the trial court erred in declining to deliver his proffered juiy instruction on the consequences of finding him guilty except for insanity. Second, he contends that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to hear what he characterizes as “victim impact” evidence during sentencing. We affirm.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. Defendant, then 17, stabbed to death a 9-year-old boy whom he was babysitting. He then took a rifle…