Legal Opinion
Sorto, Walter Alexander
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 5, 2005No. AP-74,836Published
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. AP-74,836
WALTER ALEXANDER SORTO, Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
ON DIRECT APPEAL
FROM CAUSE NO. 921805 IN THE 184TH DISTRICT COURT
HARRIS COUNTY
COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey and Holcomb, JJ., joined. Meyers, J., not participating.
Appellant was convicted in November 2003 of capital murder. (1) Pursuant to the jury's answers to the special issues during the punishment stage, (2) the trial court sentenced appellant to death. (3) Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. (4)…
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- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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