Butts v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Jarvis Butts was found guilty of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of two men, Mark Jones and Christopher Jackson, and the armed robbery of a third man, Joshua McCarter. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at his trial was legally insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court applied the wrong standard in denying his motion for new trial on the general grounds. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed the following. Appellant, Darchelle Arnold,…