Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 16, 1998No. 72135PublishedCited by 378 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · MansfieldMansfield, Judge
in which McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and KELLER, HOLLAND, and WOMACK, Judges, joined.
On March 22, 1995, a Dallas County jury found appellant, George Alarick Jones, guilty of the April 13, 1993, capital murder of Forest J. Hall.1 See Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). At the punishment stage of trial, the jury answered the special issues in such a manner as to require the trial court to sentence appellant to death. See Article 37.071, § 2(b), (e), & (g).2 Direct appeal to this Court was required by law. See Article 37.071, § 2(h). Appellant now brings eight points of error in his brief to…
3Cases cited50 opinions
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4Cited by378 opinions
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