Brown v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This case raises the sole issue of whether appellant Robert Lovell Brown was denied a fair trial because the jury deliberated for such a brief period of time following his trial for capital murder. Because

On September 30, 1996, Brown was charged with capital murder for the shooting death of James Allen. On January 10, 1997, he was tried on that charge before a jury. The facts that developed at trial are these. On June 23, 1996, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Tanya Jordan, a twenty-three-year-old college student, witnessed a Toyota Camry drive slowly up the Lithe Rock…