Wortham v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Floyd Wortham was convicted, in a jury trial, of kidnapping Yanee Coleman, shooting him in the abdomen, and robbing him. Wortham was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Ralph Moody sentenced Wortham to sentences totalling fifty-three years. Wort-ham appeals his conviction and sentence to this court.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

At Wortham’s trial Coleman testified that he and his “common law wife” had allowed a young woman by the name of Christine Deroach to move in with them. He stated that Deroach had left his residence and had taken several items with…