Wooten v. State

ANDREE LAYTON ROAF, Justice.

Appellant Jimmy Don Wooten was convicted of capital murder, criminal attempt to commit capital murder, and aggravated assault. Wooten was sentenced to death by lethal injection on the capital murder charge, thirty years’ imprisonment on the attempt-to-commit-capital-murder charge, and six years’ imprisonment on the aggravated-assault charge. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in (1) overruling his Batson objection during jury selection, (2) in allowing victim-impact evidence during the penalty phase of his trial, and (3) in failing to suppress…