Mason v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Cornelius Mason and co-defendants Etheridge Conaway and Paul Benjamin Green, 1 were jointly tried and convicted for murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Antonio Johnson, as well as related crimes against Leroy Sanders. 2 On appeal, Mason asserts that his trial should have been severed from that of his co-defendants, that the trial court gave an erroneous jury instruction on aggravated assault, and that trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

The evidence at trial established that…