Banks v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

Kenneth Moreal Banks was convicted of malice murder and felony murder for the death of four-year-old Tariq Karriem and was sentenced to life in prison.1 He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. Finding sufficient evidence to support the verdict and no reversible error in the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that Banks began living with Amira Karriem and her son, Tariq, in August 1996. The relationship between Banks and Tariq had not been an easy one; since Banks had moved in with his mother, the child had become…