James v. State

Appellant challenges his convictions and sentences for both first and second degree murder of a mother and her child. He claims that the evidence was insufficient to convict him, that the trial court erroneously denied a defense challenge for cause, that a state witness was improperly allowed to testify as to her opinion of appellant’s guilt, and that the prosecutor’s closing argument entitles him to a new trial. We affirm as to all issues.

According to the state’s case, the victims were murdered in the apartment which appellant shared with them sometime prior to midnight on October 19, 1992,…