Maxwell v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

This case was tried on a capital felony murder charge. It was alleged that appellant Theotis Maxwell and one Lee Otis Harris had beaten Ellis Robb, an elderly storekeeper to death during a robbery at his store. On appeal from a sentence to life imprisonment without parole, Maxwell originally asserted only two points, both having to do with procedures pertaining to the selection of the jury which found him guilty and fixed the sentence. We find that there was substantial compliance with the requirements of the governing statute, as against the objections made by…