Legal Opinion
Russo v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided June 7, 2007No. 03-04-00344-CRPublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN F. ONION, JR., Justice
(Retired).
Appellant Patrick Anthony Russo appeals his conviction for capital murder. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp.2006). 1 A jury found appellant guilty of capital murder. As a result of the jury’s answer at the penalty stage of the trial to the special issue concerning mitigating circumstances, the trial court imposed a life sentence.
POINTS OF ERROR
Appellant advances eight points of error. In the first and second points, appellant challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to establish that the murder was committed in the course of…
2Cases cited113 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Brenda Fay Nelson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013
- Griffith v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2010
- Cordova v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2009
- Wesley Dale Knight v. State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2013
- James v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2011
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