King v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence of death, holding (1) the trial court did not err in instructing the jury on and in finding that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel; (2) Defendant's death sentence was proportionate and constitutional; (3) the prosecutor did not commit misconduct in his statements during closing arguments; (4) the trial court did not err in precluding the defense from arguing a lack of violent criminal history during its penalty-phase closing argument; (5) the evidence was sufficient to support Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder.
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