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Martin v. State

The evidence supported the defendant's convictions and death sentences in connection with the rape of his girlfriend, the aggravated sodomy against her in the presence of their 2-year-old child and the murders of her 12-year-old son and her grandparents.

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A jury convicted DeKelvin Martin of raping his girlfriend, Tymika Wright, murdering her 12-year-old child, Savion Wright, and her elderly grandparents, Travis Ivery and Ila Ivery, by stabbing each of them repeatedly, committing aggravated sodomy against Ms. Wright in the presence of the 2-year-old child that Martin and Ms. Wright had together, Christin Martin, and related crimes.1 The jury found multiple statutory aggravating circumstances related to the murders of Savion Wright and Travis Ivery and recommended a death sentence for those murders, which the trial court imposed along with a life sentence for the murder of Ila Ivery and other related sentences. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. a Viewed in the light most favorable to the State, the evidence presented at trial, drawn largely from Tymika Wright’s testimony, showed the following set of facts. Martin had been dating his girlfriend, Tymika Wright, for approximately five years, and they were living with Ms. Wright’s elderly grandparents, Travis and Ila Ivery, along with Ms. Wright’s 12-year-old son from a prior marriage, Savion Wright, and the 2-year-old son she had with Martin, Christin Wright.2 On the night and early morning of September 30 to October 1, 2002, Martin consumed a large quantity of alcohol, some powder cocaine, and then some crack cocaine.

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