Ludy v. State

HINES, Justice.

Mitchell Lavern Ludy appeals his convictions for malice murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, in connection with the death of Otis Williams. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part.

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that on September 25,2004, Ludy met with a prostitute, Denise Carnegie, on a street. At her instigation, Ludy drove with her in his blue-green car to an apartment rented by Otis Williams; Carnegie often took people to Williams’s apartment to use illegal drugs. After…