Mason v. State

Benham, Chief Justice.

Appellant Reginald James Mason was convicted of murder after fatally shooting Jarret Emerson Dover. The State presented evidence that the victim was shot five times with a Cobray semiautomatic 9mm pistol at his place of employment by appellant, a coworker, who was angered by the victim’s refusal to put into the wastebasket trash the victim had thrown at the wastebasket. After shooting the victim, appellant told witnesses not to tell what had happened, calmly left the workplace, and drove his pick-up truck to his home where he surrendered to police. The murder weapon was…