State v. Greene

WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon. The jury recommended the death sentence for the murder, and the trial court sentenced accordingly. The trial court also sentenced defendant to forty years imprisonment for the armed robbery. We find no prejudicial error.

The State’s evidence, in pertinent summary, showed the following:

The victim, defendant’s father, was a vigorous seventy-four-year-old male. Defendant’s mother worked the second shift at á factory. She arrived home after work at 9:15 p.m. on 1 May 1986 and found her husband’s…