Satterwhite v. State

OPINION

W.C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of capital murder. The punishment is death.

The appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for new trial. He asserts that the State selectively discriminated against him in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by prosecuting him for capital murder. The appellant contends that he was sexually discriminated against since females in similar situations received more lenient treatment.

At a hearing on the appellant’s motion for new trial, three…