Carreker v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

Stacy Carreker was convicted of murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime arising out of the shooting death of Verdell Willis. Finding no error in the trial court’s evidentiary rulings or its instructions to the jury, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that after Carreker’s teenage brother had a gang-related fight with a girl at school, the brother taunted the girl’s cousin, Verdell Willis, at a nearby parking lot, prompting an altercation during which Willis allegedly pointed a rifle at the brother. Carreker was…