Black v. State

Clarke, Justice.

Gerald Michael Black was convicted by a jury of murder in the shooting death of his girl friend and sentenced to life in prison. He raises issues concerning the sufficiency of the evidence, propriety of the “Allen” charge and the exclusion of evidence of the victim’s abuse of drugs. We affirm.

The victim was shot and killed in her apartment where the appellant had also been living for several months; she and the appellant were home alone at the time. The issue for the jury at trial was whether Black intentionally shot his girl friend, as contended by the state, or whether the…