Fuller v. State

Benham, Justice.

William Fuller, Jr. appeals from his convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The evidence at trial showed that police officers responding to a call that shots had been fired, discovered the body of Oliver Barfield in the parking lot of a church. Barfield had been shot three times by a .22 caliber gun and died of those wounds. After his arrest, Fuller admitted participating in an attempted robbery of Barfield. He claimed when Barfield slapped away another robber’s gun and turned toward Fuller, putting his hand in his pocket,…