Woodall v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Lecester “Buddy” Woodall, Jr., was convicted of felony murder and armed robbery in connection with the September 4,2000, shooting deaths of his uncle John Lavelle Lynn and his uncle’s employee Robert Van Allen. The evidence in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict showed that the day before the murders, appellant enlisted the assistance of his brother-in-law, co-defendant David Wimberly, in the armed robbery of Mr. Lynn who owned a wrecker for towing cars in his used auto business and who was known to carry a lot of cash. Mr. Lynn’s daughter testified that on…