State v. Emerson

HARRIS, Justice.

The defendant raises four assignments of error in this appeal from his conviction of first-degree murder and subsequent life sentence. We find no merit in any of them and affirm the trial court.

Defendant himself was the first to alert the Jones County sheriff’s office that something was amiss at his farm. Alan Will-man, a deputy sheriff, answered his telephone call. Defendant immediately said to Willman:

Butch (Willman’s nickname), there’s been an accident out here — come out right away. It’s an emergency.

Willman then asked defendant whether he needed an ambulance. Defendant…