Griffin v. State

hOn January 23, 2013, appellant, John Chad Griffin was charged by felony information with first-degree murder. On February 26, 2014, Griffin waived his right to a jury trial and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and an enhancement for committing the murder in the presence of a child.

Griffin’s conviction arises from the January 16, 2013, death of David Stewart. In 2010, Griffin moved into Melissa French’s house on a permanent basis, where he rented a room from French and lived in the house with French and her minor son. French is the mother of Stewart’s minor son. Stewart arrived at…