Roy v. State

MONTIEL, Judge.

The appellant, Larry Dennis Roy, was indicted for the capital murder of David Wayne Brown. The jury found the.appellant guilty as charged in the indictment and the jury recommended a sentence of death. The trial judge accepted with the jury’s recommendation and sentenced the appellant to death.

In its brief to this court, the appellant contends that the State used its peremptory strikes to discriminate on the basis of gender. He alleges that the State used 15 of its 18 peremptory strikes to exclude females from the venire.

“Since the trial of this case, the United States Supreme…