McPherson v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Mark McPherson guilty of malice murder, financial transaction card theft, and two counts of theft by taking. For the murder, the jury recommended the death penalty, finding the following aggravating circumstances: the offense of murder was committed while McPherson was engaged in the commission of an aggravated battery on the victim; the offense of murder was committed by McPherson for the purpose of receiving money or other things of monetary value; and the offense of murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible, or inhuman in that it involved depravity of…