Storey v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Paul Storey, was convicted of murder, for which he received the presumptive sentence of forty years. In this direct appeal, the defendant raises the following issues, which we restate as follows:

1. sufficiency of evidence;

2. evidence of past crime;

3. refusal of tendered instructions on lesser included offenses; and

4. refusal of self-defense instructions.

1. Sufficiency of Evidence

The defendant claims that the evidence is insufficient to show that he "knowingly" killed the victim. He argues that the discharge of his pistol was an accident, not a result of his…