State v. Williams

GAERTNER, Judge.

Defendant Ernest Williams appeals from a capital murder conviction for the shooting death of Renee Williams (no relation) in her home January 8,1981. That evening appellant and his brother Darnell Williams went to the victim’s home, where appellant confronted the victim’s brother Kirk Mischeaux about an alleged debt Mischeaux owed appellant. An argument ensued culminating in Mischeaux being shot three times with a .45 caliber weapon. Mischeaux testified that after he fell from the shots he saw the defendant still holding the gun and going to another part of the house. Ms.…