State v. McNeil

STEPHENS, Judge.

On 22 May 2008, a jury found Anthony Leon McNeil (“Defendant”) guilty of first degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. The trial court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without parole for the first degree murder conviction and a consecutive sentence of fifteen to eighteen months imprisonment for the possession of a firearm by a felon conviction.

I. Facts

The State’s evidence presented at trial tended to show the following: On 15 March 2007, William Frederick Barnes (“Barnes”) rode his bicycle up to the passenger side window of Vashawn Tomlin’s (“Tomlin”) car…