State v. Draughn

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting challenges to the sufficiency and reliability of the evidence, jury selection, penalty-phase evidence, prosecutorial conduct, cross-examination, jury instructions, indictment, verdict forms, and completeness of the appellate record. The court held that the evidence permitted a rational jury to find that the murder occurred during an armed robbery or attempted armed robbery and that the defendant was the perpetrator, and that alleged procedural or trial errors either were waived, harmless, or did not prejudice the defendant.