Carter v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

In this direct appeal, the defendant-appellant, Kuera Carter, challenges her convictions for attempted murder, a class A felony,1 and robbery, a class A felony.2

On March 14, 1994, Dana Cortrecht was taking stock in the back of a United Gas Station, where he was an assistant manager. The defendant entered the station with a gun, pointed it in Cortrecht’s face, and demanded that he give her all the money. Cor-trecht complied and gave her fifty dollars in cash. As he was handing her his coin changer, she shot him, at point blank range, just under the left eye. While he was…