Potter v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A1 Maynard Potter was convicted of felony murder in the shoot ing death of his girlfriend’s brother, Jerry McLemore. He alleges that the trial court should not have allowed the state to reopen evidence to introduce newly discovered evidence. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the state to introduce three photographs showing Potter holding a gun, we affirm.

1. The evidence presented at trial shows that McLemore lived with his sister in her two-bedroom apartment. A few weeks before the fatal shooting, Potter and McLemore’s sister were…