Mr. Evans was convicted of the 1996 murder of Kenneth Lewis, who was fatally shot. The jury voted 11-1 to recommend a death sentence and he was condemned. This court upheld his conviction and sentence and he filed a post-conviction appeal in trial court, which was denied. In his appeal to this Court, Mr. Evans raises several issues, including an argument that execution would be cruel and unusual because of his physical handicap of blindness and his mental illness. The state argues that he has been found competent and that blindness resulted from a disease that developed after the crime and is unrelated to his sentence.