Wright v. State

Thompson, Justice.

A jury found Melissa Wright guilty of malice murder and felony murder in the shooting death of James Preston. On appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support her conviction, and asserts that the trial court erred in rejecting her claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

We view the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict. Police were called to a residence belonging to a friend of Wright, where they found the deceased victim lying face down on the floor with his hands underneath his body. The body was…