Cooper v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

James Cooper was convicted of malice murder and other crimes arising out of the armed robbery and shooting death of John Atkins. The trial court denied his motion for new trial 1 and he appeals, challenging the denial of his motion to suppress witness identifications, the substitution of the trial judge during jury deliberations and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that appellant arrived at the victim’s laundromat shortly before it opened and joined about a dozen other customers, including a…