State v. Meade

OPINION

PEAY, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for the second-degree murders of Charles Matthews and Lavester Jefferson. The defendant was found guilty of both murders after a jury trial. Following a sentencing hearing, he was sentenced to twenty-five years for each offense, with fifteen years of the sentences to run consecutively and ten years to run concurrently, for an effective sentence of forty years.

The defendant now appeals as of right raising the following five issues:

1. The evidence was insufficient to support his convictions;

2. The trial court should have granted his motion for new…