Ellis v. State

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

| jAppellant Tyrone Ellis appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and his sentence of life in prison on grounds of insufficient evidence and an improper inquiry by the prosecuting attorney into the nature of Ellis’s prior felonies. We find no reversible error, and we affirm.

The events leading up to the murder transpired on March 14, 2010, and occurred after Keith Thomas and Ellis argued outside Thomas’s home in Magnolia. According to witnesses, Ellis became upset when Thomas, his stepfather, refused to let him drive his white Chevy Blazer. A jury determined that…