Perry v. State

The appellant, Leon Perry, was indicted for the intentional murder of Harold Watkins, Jr. A jury convicted him of the charged offense and he was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 30 years' imprisonment. Three issues are raised in this direct appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because, he says, the State failed to prove that he had the requisite intent to kill Watkins.

The State's evidence tended to show that, on the morning of December 27, 1991, Larry McGee, Ledford Bolar, and Harold Watkins, Jr., were…