Atkins v. State

Thompson, Justice.

A jury convicted Kenneth Lee Atkins of the malice murder of two-year-old Raquan McDowell. On appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial, Atkins primarily challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction, and asserts that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

On the evening in question, a neighbor visited Atkins at the mobile home he shared with Takila Curtis and her children, two-year-old Raquan and an infant daughter. The children had been left in Atkins’ care while their mother was at work. The neighbor…