Taylor v. State

MELTON, Presiding Justice.

Following a jury trial, Yvette Taylor appeals her conviction for the felony murder of Theodore Crew, contending that the trial court made a number of evidentiary errors, including the introduction of improper character evidence and an allegedly involuntary confession.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. In the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that, at the time of the murder, Taylor served as a live-in caretaker for Crew, a disabled older man. On the evening of Crew's death, around 11:40 p.m., Taylor asked a neighbor, Tanya Griffin, for…