Palmer v. State

Carley, Justice.

After a jury trial, Dedrick Palmer was found guilty of felony murder while in the commission of aggravated assault, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial court denied his motion for new trial, and he appeals.

1. Construed most favorably for the State, the evidence shows that Palmer and the victim had an argument at a bar, and the victim then went to sit under an old shelter. At some point thereafter, Palmer, acting at the direction of Casey Jenkins, his co-defendant, got a gun out of the trunk of Jenkins’ car and fired it several times in the victim’s direction. The…