Petty v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Kareem Petty was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of Gloria Peloquin. The trial court denied Petty’s motion for new trial 1 and he appeals.

1. The evidence authorized the jury to find that police responding to a report of a minor traffic accident just outside the parking lot of a shopping center discovered that the driver of one vehicle had been shot and was dead. A witness had seen a young African-American male waiting nervously outside a…