Johnson v. State

Thompson, Justice.

A jury found appellant Ricky Johnson guilty of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, two counts of financial transaction card fraud and recidivism in connection with the stabbing death of George Ponder. Johnson appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence inadmissible hearsay testimony. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and…