Ibarra v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

Appellant was convicted in September 1997 of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 37.0711 §§ 3(b) and 3(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Article 37.0711 § 3(g). 1 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Article 37.0711 § 3(j). Appellant raises eleven points of error.

In his first point of error, appellant contends the issuance of a second search warrant under amended Article 18.01 violated the…