Roberson v. State

OPINION

FARRIS, Justice.

Edward Garner Roberson was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, Roberson complains the trial court erred in overruling his Batson complaint, in excluding the testimony of Betty R. Daniel, in refusing to allow cross-examination of the State’s witnesses on their pending felony charges, and in allowing evidence of extraneous offenses. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Because: the State proved it excluded venireperson Royal on a racially-neutral basis; Daniel’s testimony was not crucial to the defense;…