Matthews v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Kemra Matthews appeals his convictions for felony murder and related crimes stemming from the death of two-year-old Jadien Harvey and the aggravated assault of four-year-old Ashton Capers.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. Appellant alleges the evidence was insufficient to convict him of the crimes for which the jury returned verdicts of guilty. We disagree. The record, viewed in a light most favorable to upholding the jury’s verdicts, shows that the victims, along with their two other siblings, Jaylan Harvey2 and Kemra Matthews, Jr. (“KJ”), lived with…