Woods v. State

Hines, Justice.

Carlos Myron Woods was convicted of felony murder while in the commission of an aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of murder for the shooting death of Timothy Brian Huckabee. The evidence at trial, considered in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed that Huckabee was fatally shot by Woods when Huckabee and his friend, May, went to make a cocaine buy from Woods and a juvenile, Thomas, and fled the sellers in an attempt to avoid paying for the drugs.

Initially, Woods was identified as a witness to the incident. He was interviewed by…