Poteat v. State

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

Dewey Lawson Poteat appeals from his conviction, in a consolidated trial, of the 1979 murder of Larry Paul Stephens and the 1981 murders of Donna Luck and Frances Canup, for which he was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences.

1. The appellant contends that the verdict was contrary to law, contrary to the evidence and strongly against the weight of the evidence in the case as to victim Stephens.

There was evidence adduced at trial which authorized a rational trier of fact to find as follows. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest, caused by a…