Lawson v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Leo Mack Lawson was convicted by a jury of two counts of felony murder and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Ricky Hall. For the reasons which follow, we affirm the judgments of conviction, except for that of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault, and we remand for resentencing.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Ricky Hall and his wife Rhonda lived in a mobile home along with defendant Leo Mack Lawson. The Halls had a stormy relationship and separated intermittently, but at the time of the crime,…