Ham v. State

OPINION

JAMES T. CAMPBELL, Justice.

A Hall County jury convicted appellant Harold “Bud” Eric Ham of murder and sentenced him to ninety-nine years’ confinement in prison. On appeal, he argues the court reporter did not record or did not transcribe the parties’ challenges for cause at voir dire and the sentence imposed is unconstitutionally disproportionate to the offense. We will affirm.

Background

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence so we describe only so much of the factual background as necessary for discussion of the issues raised. Testimony showed that during the…