WHICHARD, Justice.
Defendant was tried noncapitally for the first-degree murder of Ernestine Crowder Compton. The jury found defendant guilty as charged, and the trial court sentenced him to a mandatory term of life imprisonment.
The State's evidence at trial tended to show that on 9 July 1988 defendant asked Charles Blackwell to give him a ride to the victim's house so that defendant could borrow money from her. Blackwell testified that he drove defendant...
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