Hall v. State

Hunstein, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Harold D. Hall of malice murder and robbery in connection with the beating death of 78-year-old Rachel Posey.1 He alleges that the evidence was insufficient to convict and trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. We find no reversible error and affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence presented at trial shows that Walter Ratchford drove Hall to West Point on Friday, December 1,2000, to borrow money from Posey, a friend with whom Hall had stayed in November. Hall was wearing a green windbreaker…