Willingham v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

This appeal is from Derek Willingham’s convictions for malice murder, felony murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The offenses all stem from the shooting death of Ritchard Lewis. Evidence adduced at trial included the testimony of a witness who saw Willingham and Johnson, the latter carrying a handgun, leave a drug house together shortly before he heard shots fired outside. Because the chief witness at Johnson’s earlier trial, James O’Bryant, had since died, the trial court permitted a police…