State v. Harris

EXUM, Chief Justice.

Defendant was indicted for the following crimes committed against Dorothy Mae Smith: murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to commit robbery. On 12 March 1992 he was convicted of first-degree murder on theories of felony murder and lying in wait, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. On 17 March 1992 the jury recommended life imprisonment for the murder conviction. The trial judge sentenced defendant to life imprisonment for murder, forty years for robbery with a dangerous weapon,'…