Booker v. State

Tommy Lee Booker, the appellant, was convicted of assault in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment as a habitual felony offender. On this direct appeal from that conviction, he contends that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury on the lesser offense of assault in the third degree and on self-defense.

We hold that the appellant is precluded from raising this issue on appeal because defense counsel failed to properly object to the trial court's refusal of his requested charges. The objection was: "Your Honor, I object to the failure of the Court to give charges…