Halford v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal by appellant James Richard Halford from a judgment of conviction for aggravated robbery and a sentence of life imprisonment. Halford advances three grounds for appeal: (1) certain photographic evidence was cumulative, inflammatory, and unfairly prejudicial; (2) the trial court erred in disallowing defense counsel to cross-examine Patricia Payne on possible bias; and (3) victim-impact evidence presented during the sentencing phase was fundamentally unfair. We hold that none of these grounds warrants a reversal of the judgment, and we affirm.

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