WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The highest criminal court in Texas will soon review the overturned capital murder conviction of James Irvin Staley, III.
In March 2023, Staley was convicted of capital murder for the death of two-year-old Wilder McDaniel following a trial in Tarrant County. He was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Staley’s conviction was overturned in March 2025, when the Second Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and remanded the case for a new trial…