State v. Wood

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant was indicted on 21 February 2000 for first degree murder and felonious breaking or entering. Following a trial, defendant was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and felonious breaking or entering. The trial court entered judgments on the verdicts, and defendant appeals.

The evidence at trial tended to show that on 21 August 1998, defendant was at a game room shooting pool and drinking alcoholic *415beverages with a friend, Michael Pasour. The game room was located at the apartment building where Pasour lived with Tina Padgett and her six year old son, Joshua. A…