Phillips v. State

HENDRY, Judge.

Appellant, defendant in the trial court, seeks review of a judgment and sentence to life imprisonment and five years in prison to run consecutively.

Appellant was convicted for first degree murder of Robert Johnson and assault with intent to commit first degree murder of his ex-wife, Patricia Phillips. Johnson was the boyfriend of the appellant’s ex-wife.

The cause was extensively tried before a jury, and there is a large record on appeal. Appellant’s sole contention is that the trial court erred by denying a motion for judgment of acquittal at the conclusion of the evidence.

The…