Litrey Demond Turner v. State

OPINION

MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant Litrey De-mond Turner of capital murder, and in accordance with the mandatory sentencing statute that was in effect at the time of sentencing, the trial court sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 1 In three issues, Turner challenges his sentence arguing that because he was only 15 years old at the time of the offense, his sentence is unconstitutional. In two additional issues, he challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction for either capital murder or murder, arguing that…