Tucker v. State

The appellant, Renard Tucker, was indicted for the murder of Melvin Johnson during a robbery in the first degree or an attempt thereof, a capital offense defined in Ala. Code 1974, § 13A-5-40(a)(2). A jury found him guilty of murder and the circuit court sentenced him to life imprisonment. On this appeal of that conviction, he raises five issues.

I

The appellant claims that the State's evidence was insufficient.

State's witnesses Kelly Watson and Lune Carlos Brown were eyewitnesses to the killing. Ms. Watson testified that on the morning of April 29, 1992, she saw three people approach the…