Curtis v. State

OPINION

ANNE GARDNER, Justice.

Introduction

Appellant Clifton Earl Curtis appeals from his conviction and life sentence for aggravated sexual assault — serious bodily injury. In seven points, Appellant asserts errors relating to voir dire, the exclusion and admission of certain evidence, and the trial court’s refusal to charge the jury on a lesser included offense. We affirm.

Background

Gloria King was strangled to death in her bed sometime on May 7, 1995. The *659medical examiner collected vaginal and pe-rianal swab samples during the autopsy of King’s body. In 1997, police developed evidence…