Coleman v. State

Carley, Justice.

After a jury trial, Henry Coleman was found guilty of felony murder while in the commission of an aggravated assault and also of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the jury’s guilty verdicts.1

1. The evidence shows that Coleman went to his sister-in-law’s trailer to find his wife, heard her voice inside and saw the victim, whom Coleman suspected of having an adulterous affair with his wife and who was naked at the time. After a scuffle, Coleman shot the victim while he was running away,…