Ponder v. State

Carley, Justice.

Three gunmen fired into a car, killing the driver, William Johnson, and wounding a passenger, Kishmet Rushin. The grand jury indicted Michael and Horace Ponder, who are brothers, and Cameron Webb, charging them with the felony murder of Johnson while in the commission of an aggravated assault against him and with the com mission of an aggravated assault against Rushin. The three were tried together and a jury returned guilty verdicts, upon which the trial court entered judgments of conviction and life sentences for the murder and 20-year terms for the aggravated assault. After…