Ellis v. State

Thompson, Justice.

A jury convicted Jason Ellis of felony murder resulting from the shooting death of Robert Brown.1 On appeal, Ellis challenges the admissibility of his custodial statement and submits that the trial court erred in recharging the jury on an unrequested point of law. Finding no error, we affirm.

James Washington and Angel Ambles were at home in their apartment when they were visited by Robert Brown and Wapoinica Coggins. Coggins took Ambles aside and told her that she brought Brown to the apartment as a set up and that Ellis was to show up for the purpose of robbing him. At that…