Rushin v. State

Hines, Justice.

A jury found Gerald Nathaniel Rushin guilty of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault in connection with the fatal shooting of convenience store employee Cindy Ray Pierce.1 Rushin contends that his convictions should be overturned because the trial court admitted into evidence a videotape of a movie, “Menace II Society,” and permitted the jury to view a portion of it. Allowing such evidence in this case fails to provide a basis for reversal, and we affirm.

Viewed in favor of the verdicts, the evidence at trial showed that shortly after…