Howard v. State

|,A jury in the Little River County Circuit Court found appellant Timothy Lamont Howard guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder for which he received consecutive sentences totaling thirty-eight years in prison. For reversal, he contends that the circuit court erred by failing to grant his motions for directed verdict. We affirm.

This case involves the homicides of Brian Day and his wife, Shannon, and the attempted murder of their seven-month-old son, Trevor, which occurred in December 1997. The prosecuting attorney initially charged Howard…