State v. Walker

ELMORE, Judge.

Defendant Savannah Rose Walker appeals from judgment entered upon a jury verdict finding her guilty of second degree murder. On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred by denying her motion to dismiss and instructing the jury on the State's acting-in-concert theory of guilt, which she argues was not supported by the evidence.

Because the State's evidence supported its theory that defendant and her then-boyfriend, co-defendant Shawn C. Hollifield, had the common purpose to possess drugs purchased from Deque Taylor ("the victim"), and that the victim's death was a natural…