State v. Beam

*618SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from appellant Beam’s conviction of first degree murder and rape and the sentences imposed thereon. The district court sentenced Beam to death for first degree murder and to a fixed period of 30 years for rape. We review in response to the appeal as well as pursuant to the automatic review of death penalty sentences provisions of I.C. § 19-2827. We hold that no reversible error was committed, we affirm the convictions, and find that the sentence of death was validly imposed.

On July 8, 1983, the body of the victim of this crime, a thirteen-year-old girl, was…