Laney v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Rico Vancolenya Laney was convicted by a jury of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a sawed-off shotgun. The felony murder and aggravated assault convictions were vacated, and sentence was imposed on the malice murder and firearm counts. This appeal followed the denial of Laney’s motion for new trial.1

Viewing the evidence in a light to uphold the verdict, we find the *195following: Laney moved into the apartment of the victim in September 1994. They were heard to argue on different occasions. Laney did not refer to the…