State v. Johnson

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The defendant, Walter Keith Johnson, 37 years of age, was convicted in the trial court of armed robbery and first degree murder of Raymond Harris. The defendant’s punishment was fixed at death by electrocution for the murder and 35 years’ imprisonment for the robbery.

The defendant appeals and asserts that the convictions and sentences are invalid upon several grounds: (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s verdicts of murder in the first degree and armed robbery; (2) that sheriff’s deputies violated his constitutional rights in making his arrest,…