Render v. State

Carley, Justice.

A jury found Tyrone Render guilty of malice murder. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and life sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. Render and the victim were gambling. According to Render, the victim became enraged upon losing and initiated a struggle with Render in which he was shot either accidentally or in self-defense. According to the testimony of an eyewitness for the State, Render intentionally shot the unarmed victim without provocation. Although the State’s eyewitness was a convicted felon, the credibility of his testimony was…