Legal Opinion

Collier v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 18, 1997No. 72,406PublishedCited by 209 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANSFIELD, Judge.

On April 17, 1996, a Wichita County jury found appellant, James Paul Collier, guilty of the March 14, 1995, capital murder of Gwendolyn Joy Reed.1 See Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(7)(A). At the punishment stage of trial, the jury answered the special issues in such a manner as to require the trial court to sentence appellant to death. See Article 37.071, § 2(b), (e), & (g).2 Direct appeal to this Court was then required by law. Id. at § 2(h). Appellant brings four points of error in his brief to this Court. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994

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3Cited by209 opinions

  1. Feldman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Rojas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  4. McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
  5. Alcott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001

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