Kelly v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

A jury found Defendant McKinley Kelly guilty of committing three murders. The trial court entered judgment on two verdicts, set aside the third, and imposed a 110 year sentence. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the two convictions and the reasonableness of the sentence. The State also appeals, contending that the court should not have set aside the third verdict. Finding the evidence consistent with the judgment and the sentence appropriate, we affirm.

We have jurisdiction over this direct appeal because Defendant’s longest single sentence…