Thomas v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

Appellant Dorville Thomas was convicted of malice murder in connection with the shooting death of Kalvin McGee and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Thomas now appeals his conviction and sentence on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, that the trial court wrongly refused his requested jury instructions, and that his trial counsel was ineffective. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. McGee was a self-described transsexual who advertised…