White v. State

Boggs, Justice.

Appellant Clifford Jacob White was found guilty of murdering his wife, Linda White.1 He now appeals, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his malice murder conviction, and that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that White and his wife Linda were the caretakers for a baby girl born to a friend of White's sister. At some point, White developed a romantic relationship with his neighbor, Adrianna Wray. He told Wray that he and Linda…