Rafi v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

The victim Bryan Evans went to a house owned by appellant Muhammad Omar Rafi in order to buy drugs using a counterfeit $100 bill. An eyewitness testified that appellant drove up to where the victim was standing just outside the house, approached the victim and had words about the counterfeit money, pistol whipped the victim, and shot the victim while the victim was prone on the ground. Appellant then fled. The victim died from a bullet wound to the neck that caused his airway to collapse.

1. The evidence adduced at trial and summarized above was sufficient to authorize a…