Ewing v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Iregous Ewing was convicted of the robbery and felony murder of Donnie Hyatte. The trial court merged the convictions and sentenced Ewing to sixty-five years imprisonment for felony murder. In this direct appeal Ewing contends that (1) he cannot be convicted of murder because the victim died after being removed from a ventilator; (2) the trial court erred by admitting “gruesome” crime scene photographs and videotape; and (3) he was denied a fair and impartial jury because the pool of prospective jurors consisted exclusively of people over the age of fifty. We affirm the trial…