Blackburn v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Christie Blackburn was convicted of felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the shooting death of Michael Wilson. She appeals, contending that the trial court should have severed her trial from that of her two co-defendants. Because the evidence relating to the two co-defendants did not confuse the jury or prejudice Blackburn, we affirm.

The evidence showed that Blackburn was drinking with her two co-defendants, Anterian Isaac and Antonio Render, 2 at Blackburn’s apartment on the night Wilson was killed.…