Pitchford v. State

The defendant brought himself to the attention of officers by voluntarily approaching the murder scene and inquiring about what happened, mentioning that he had recently had a run-in with the victim over a cell phone, which he was still angry about.

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Appellant Shabuoy Pitchford was convicted of murder, burglary, armed robbery, and related offenses in connection with the September 2006 shooting death of Rickey Greene. Pitchford appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, contending certain evidence should have been suppressed, other evidence was improperly admitted, the evidence on the armed robbery count was insufficient, and the jury instructions were erroneous in certain respects. Finding no error, we affirm.1

Construed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. On September 2, 2006, Pitchford, then 17 years old, was playing basketball in front of the home of a neighbor, Rickey Greene. Pitchford had left a cell phone belonging to his mother nearby on the pavement, and when Greene pulled into his driveway, he accidentally ran over the phone. Pitchford, angry, yelled and cursed at Greene. In apology, Greene invited Pitchford into his home, and Greene conducted online research regarding a replacement phone on his Apple laptop computer. Greene then gave Pitchford a ride to his nearby home, where he spoke to Pitchford’s mother about the phone, and then drove to the mall to look for a new phone. When Greene returned to his home, he discovered that one of his windows was broken, and his Apple laptop was missing from the desk near that window. He reported the burglary to police.

Pitchford v. State

The defendant brought himself to the attention of officers by voluntarily approaching the murder scene and inquiring about what happened, mentioning that he had recently had a run-in with the victim over a cell phone, which he was still angry about.

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