Almond v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Mastro Almond guilty of malice murder and the sale of cocaine. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdicts.

1. At trial, eyewitnesses testified that Almond sold cocaine to the victim and, after a dispute regarding payment arose, fatally shot him. The State produced additional evidence that appellant was the shooter, including proof that his gun was the murder weapon and that he admitted to others that he killed the victim. He contends that the prosecution witnesses were biased against him, but…