Lindsey v. State

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Lorenzo Dexter Lindsey appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, following his convictions for malice murder and criminal solicitation to commit murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Marcus Taylor. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, statements by the trial court, and the admission into evidence of prior consistent statements by a witness for the prosecution. For the reasons that follow, the challenges are unavailing, and we affirm. 1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. On August 11, 2002, Marcus…