Stinson v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Johnny Stinson guilty of the felony murder of Rose*520mary Reynolds while committing an aggravated assault against her, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. The trial court subsequently denied Stinson’s motion for new trial, and he appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury’s guilty verdict.1

1. Stinson and the victim lived together. After an argument between the two, a shot was fired and the police were called to their apartment. The officers discovered the body of Ms. Reynolds lying on the bedroom floor. She died…