Yates v. State

WELCH, Judge.

The appellant, Brandon Yates, was convicted, as an accomplice, of murdering Brandarius Hill, see § 13A-6-2, Ala.Code 1975; two counts of attempting to murder Tyris Miller1 and Jamar Thompson, see § 13A-6-2 and § 13A-4-2, Ala.Code 1975; and shooting into an occupied vehicle, see § 13A-11-61, Ala.Code 1975.2 Yates was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder conviction, 30 years for each attempted-murder conviction, and 10 years for the conviction for firing into an occupied vehicle, the sentences to be served concurrently.

The State’s evidence tended to show that in the early…