Harvey v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Appellant Nathaniel Harvey was convicted of malice murder and armed robbery arising out of the beating death of 79-year-old Hosie Eldell and sentenced to two terms of life in prison. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence authorized the jury to find that during an argument with the victim over a woman, appellant struck the victim in the head several times with the victim’s cane, causing the cane to break and a sharp edge of the broken cane to cut the victim’s neck.…