Williams v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Calvin Williams was found guilty of the malice murders of Ponda Davis, Lisa Bymon, and Bymon’s two children. He was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life in prison without parole. He appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm his convictions.

1. The evidence at trial authorized the jury to find that appellant, a married Ludowici police officer, had an affair with Bymon. Just prior to the murders, Bymon ended the relationship. Witnesses testified that appellant had made prior threats against Bymon, that he was very jealous and obsessive about…