Byrd v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of the armed robbery and murder of Orlando Dotson. Through the testimony of two co-indictees and the eyewitness testimony of a 14-year-old girl and her mother, the State presented evidence that appellant and the two co-indictees entered the apartment in which the unarmed victim was seated in a reclining chair, and that appellant, after pointing a gun at the victim and demanding personal property from him, pressed the gun against the victim and fired, inflicting a fatal wound that passed through the victim, piercing his lungs, stomach, spleen, and aorta.…