Adams v. State

Clarke, Chief Justice.

James Dennis Adams was convicted of the malice murder of James Thomas Barrett and sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant was also convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and influencing a witness. He was sentenced to a term of years for these crimes, to run consecutively to the sentence of life imprisonment.

The record shows that the victim was in the produce business with Danny Allen. Allen also owned an auto repair shop at which he employed the defendant. A witness who lives near the crime scene testified that on the day of the murder she…