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Bradley v. State

A photograph of the murder victim's head taken at the crime scene was relevant to show the extent and nature of her wounds.

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Albert Bradley was convicted of malice murder in the shooting death of Donna Williams. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the admission of photographic evidence.1 Finding no error, we affirm. 1. The jury was authorized to find that the victim and her children had been living with appellant in his apartment for approximately a year. On the day of the murder, the victim drove back home from an Easter egg hunt with her young son and sat down to talk with a neighbor, Bettie Jean Bailey, on the front porch as her son joined other children to play outside. Bailey testified that appellant came outside, stated he was going to “park the victim’s car straight” and became upset for reasons unknown. The victim remained calm and did not respond. Appellant then changed his mind about re-parking the car, gave the victim the car keys and went back into the apartment. Shortly after Bailey returned to her own apartment, appellant came outside with a .38 caliber revolver and fatally shot the unarmed victim once in the head. Children who witnessed the shooting testified that appellant and the victim were not “fussing”; that appellant fired the weapon from the doorway of the apartment as the victim sat on the porch; and that the victim had no time to react.

We conclude that this evidence amply enabled a rationale trier of fact to find appellant guilty of malice murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

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