Lawrence v. State

Benham, Justice.

This is an appeal from Marlin Lawrence’s convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial showed that Lawrence fired a pistol from his second-floor porch into a car stopped on the street below, and that 13-year-old Dominique Crawford, a passenger in the car, died from a gunshot wound to her head. An acquaintance with whom Lawrence was conversing when the car stopped testified at trial that Lawrence’s co-indictee Williams handed Lawrence a pistol and Lawrence shot at and hit the car.…