Hayes v. State

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Samuel Johnson Hayes appeals from his convictions and sentences for malice murder, armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, all in connection with the death of Joshua Grier. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. 1

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Grier owed money to Hayes. During the evening of January 21,2012, the night before Grier’s death, at her home, the sister of Hayes’s girlfriend saw Hayes and Jahan Mims with a handgun, and they asked her husband to…