MARSHALL, Justice.
The appellant was convicted in 1975 of the murder and rape of Joan Delight Bryan. The evidence showed that the appellant had gone to the victim's farmhouse while her husband was away. While there, the appellant raped the victim, committed sodomy on her, and ended up fatally shooting her in the head in the presence of her four-year-old daughter. The appellant received the death penalty for the murder and rape convictions. On direct appeal to this...
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