Clark v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Appellant Stanley Ryan Clark was convicted of malice murder, false imprisonment, and various other offenses in connection with the fatal shooting of James Randall Roe.1 Clark appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the jury instructions on aggravated assault and venue, and asserting that the evidence was constitutionally insufficient to support the verdicts. Finding no error, we affirm.

Just after midnight on the day of the shooting, Clark and Roe left Clark’s home in a vehicle belonging to Clark’s mother, in search of illegal drugs. At about 1:00…