Shaw v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

The appellant, James Raymond Shaw, was convicted of the malice murder of Lloyd Eugene McGlashen, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and the simple battery of Ed Tillery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the malice murder and consecutive five-year and twelve-month sentences on the other counts.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that on the night of the shooting, Tillery, the appellant’s father-in-law, went to McGlashen’s trailer at the behest of his daughter to look for his young grandson. While Tillery and McGlashen were engaged in…