Houston v. State

Weltner, Justice.

James Houston shot and killed Eleanor Woods with a handgun. He appeals his conviction of murder and his sentence to life imprisonment.1

1. Houston contends that the evidence was insufficient to find him guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. It is undisputed that Houston shot Woods, but he claims it was in self-defense, after seeing her with a gun. The victim was shot in the back of the head. No other gun was found at the crime scene. There was evidence that Houston shot the victim out of anger or jealousy. A rational trier of fact could have found, based on the evidence,…