HOLT, Chief Justice.
Appellant Mark E. Gardner was charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the December 1985 strangulation deaths of Joe and Martha Joyce and the Joyces' daughter, Sara McCurdy. Gardner was convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection on both counts. Twenty-one points are raised on appeal. With few exceptions, we will treat each point separately. In addition to the points argued by Gardner, we have examined all other objections...
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