State v. Lawson

Appellant has raised twelve propositions of law. Each has been thoroughly reviewed and for the reasons stated below we find them without merit, and uphold the appellant’s convictions and death sentence.

I

Appellant’s second, third and fourth propositions of law are interrelated. They stem from the admission into evidence of a tape-recorded conversation between appellant and Billy Payton. The portion played to the jury contained the following passage:

“Lawson: Number one is this, * * * he fucked you around, your sister around, the kids around, a lot of people around him he fucked, my little *340brothe…