Powell v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The appellant, J. D. Powell, was convicted of murdering Jessie Dixon, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial judge erred in admitting a photograph of the gunshot wound which killed the victim. We find both arguments to be without merit, and we therefore affirm.

The state’s evidence established the following: The appellant and the victim were both tenants in the same apartment building, and they lived across the hall from one another. On the night of December 6,1980, they were…