Morris v. State

Grant, Justice.

Appellant Willie Morris was found guilty of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the July 2004 shooting death of Fabian Miller. Morris now appeals, asserting various evidentiary and jury instruction errors, ineffectiveness of his trial counsel for several reasons, and that the trial court failed to properly exercise its discretion as the thirteenth juror in denying his motion for a new trial. Finding no error, we affirm.1

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Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence at trial showed that on the evening of July 26, 2004, Willie Morris…