Mitchell v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Joseph Mitchell was convicted of malice murder, theft by taking and concealing the death of another arising out of the strangulation death of Kenneth Spellman. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, 1 challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the effectiveness of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find from the evidence adduced that when appellant and Jaron Hall encountered the victim at Nikki Deloach’s house, appellant volunteered to kill the victim after Hall claimed that the victim’s brother was responsible for…