Gooden v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CORNISH, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Leonard Gooden, appeals a jury conviction of Burglary in the Second Degree, After Former Conviction of a Felony, with punishment set at ten (10) years’ imprisonment, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-78-2489.

The appellant first asserts that the prosecutor attempted to inflame the jury and to unduly influence the verdict. He complains of the prosecution’s repeated questions as to whether the appellant had ever been arrested for being “AWOL” from the Army. The State pressed the issue despite repeated sustained…