Lewis v. State

| ¶After a jury trial in Independence County Circuit Court, appellant Akeem Al-lajowuan Lewis was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of John L. Weeams and Omar Scales. Appellant was sentenced to consecutive eight- and twenty-year prison terms, respectively. On appeal, appellant argues (1) that the State failed to negate his justification defense, and (2) that the trial court abused its discretion in running his sentences consecutively instead of concurrently. We affirm.

Appellant’s criminal charges were the result of a shootout between John L. Weeams and…