People v. Clay

Nearly thirty-three years have passed since the murders of a doctor and two of his patients, committed in the course of a kidnapping. Defendant Roosevelt Clay has twice been tried for and convicted of these murders. In this appeal, the defendant seeks a third trial. While we are troubled by some of the issues he raises, we conclude the overwhelming weight of the evidence requires us to affirm his convictions and sentences for murder and kidnapping.

A jury convicted the defendant of three counts of murder. He was sentenced to concurrent indeterminate terms of 60 to 120 years in prison. On…