Legal Opinion

Bush v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 18, 1997No. 2-97-073-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRIGHAM, Justice.

A jury convicted Johnny Bush of murder and assessed punishment at 99 years’ confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He presents a sole point on appeal. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred by allowing evidence of several extraneous offenses. We affirm.

Background

Appellant and his wife, Amy, were preparing to take their children, A.B., age two-and-a-half, and M.B., 19 months, with them to the shop where Appellant worked. Appellant was holding M.B., who was crying, and giving her a drink of his soda. Amy took A.B. to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
  2. Darby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1997

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hartsfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2010
  2. Toliver v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2009
  3. Menefee v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006
  4. Apolinar Tejeda v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2025
  5. Canava, Dante Alexander v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2003

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