Brown v. State

Hines, Justice.

Following the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, Christopher Brown appeals his convictions for malice murder and armed robbery in connection with the fatal shooting of Robert Lovelace. Brown challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of his guilt, the admission of certain evidence at trial, and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding the challenges to be without merit, we affirm.1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. In 2008, Lovelace, a car salesman, was having serious financial difficulties, including massive debt and the…