Lane v. State

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Rodney Lane appeals his convictions for the malice murder of Donald Dye and other crimes. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

*792Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Lane and Dye were next-door neighbors in an apartment complex. Around 4:40 a.m. on October 8,2010, Dye, Bonnie Green, and Johnny Williams were outside the door of Lane’s apartment; Lane had earlier called the police to complain about the noise of a larger group that had been outside his door. Lane emerged from the door of his apartment with a pistol-grip shotgun and fired, striking…