Porter v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Larry Porter robbed and shot to death a man who was playing basketball in a public park. At the same time, another man robbed at gunpoint two other players. A jury found Defendant guilty of the murder of the first victim and also of conspiracy to commit robbery and of a being an accomplice in the robbery of the other two victims. In this appeal, Defendant does not dispute his conviction for murder, but argues — and we agree — that there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions for conspiracy and accomplice robbery.

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