Brite v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Brion Edwin Brite was convicted of malice murder and other charges arising out of the shooting death of Vasquez Harden and the aggravated assault of Jamar Jackson. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial 1 challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the admission of similar transaction evidence and hearsay evidence regarding that similar transaction. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

1. The evidence authorized the jury to find that motivated by a prior disagreement, Brite sought out the victim, Vasquez Harden, by inquiring for him first at Harden’s…