Brand v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Daniel Wayne Brand shot and killed Cherie Fincher with a handgun. Brand and another convicted felon, both armed with handguns, accompanied Cheryl Fincher to the residence of Bobby Coach, where Cheryl Fincher’s daughter, Cherie Fincher, was living. After the three arrived, an altercation arose between Coach and the armed men. A projectile fired from Brand’s handgun fatally wounded Cherie Fincher. Brand was convicted of felony murder and possession of a firearm by a felon, and sentenced to life imprisonment and a term of years.1

*3791. Based on the evidence in this case, a rational…