State v. Hightower

TYSON, Judge.

Otis Tremaine Hightower (“defendant”) appeals from judgment entered after a jury found him to be guilty of first-degree felony murder and first-degree burglary. We hold defendant received a fair trial free from prejudicial error.

I. Background

A. The Brothers

The State’s evidence tended to show that on 4 January 2003, nineteen-year-old Brian Bigelow (“Bigelow”), his seventeen-year-old brother T.W., and others were present at Marcus Sellars’ (“Sellars”) house “playing Playstation 2” and “smoking marijuana.” Defendant “came in the house smoking, smoking a blunt[,] holding a beer and…