Vaughns v. State

Hines, Justice.

A jury found Ernest Vaughns, Jr., guilty of malice murder, felony murder in the commission of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime in connection with the killing of Alfonzo Williams. Vaughns appeals his convictions and we affirm.

Viewed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that on the night Williams was killed, Vaughns was in the company of Cummings, Gantt, Johnny Brown, and others. They got into two cars and Vaughns sat in the front passenger seat of one car. The two cars eventually arrived outside Williams’s home. Johnny…