Lowery v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant William Junior Lowery was found guilty of the malice murder of Maxine Harper and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he takes issue with the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of testimony concerning a prior difficulty between appellant and the victim, the content of several jury instructions, and the trial court’s handling of a communication from the jury during its deliberations.

1. Maxine Harper, the mother of appellant’s child, suffered a fatal gunshot wound that entered her head through her right ear while she was in a pickup truck with appellant…