Lewis v. State

Following a bench trial, nineteen-year-old Christopher Lewis was convicted of murder for the beating death of his twenty-year-old girlfriend Stacie Harris. In this direct appeal Lewis raises one issue for our review: is the evidence sufficient to support his conviction?

We affirm the trial court.

Facts

Lewis and Harris met in middle school and dated off and on since their sophomore year of high school. On the evening of May 1, 1998, Lewis and Harris got into an argument about Harris' alleged infidelity. The facts most favorable to the verdict show that Lewis shoved Harris into a wall, strangled…