Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 16, 2010No. AP-75,796PublishedCited by 382 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeller, P.J.
in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
In October 2007, a jury convicted appellant of capital murder. 1 Based on the jury’s answers to the special issues, 2 the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. 3 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. 4 After reviewing appellant’s twenty-six points of error, we find them to be without merit. Consequently, we affirm the trial court’s judgment and sentence of death.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 22, 2006, appellant entered an apartment without permission through a window and waited for the occupants to return home. The apartment…
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