Legal Opinion

Goss v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 4, 1992No. 70506PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Appellant, Cornelius Alan Goss, was convicted of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2). At the punishment phase of Appellant’s trial, the jury answered affirmatively the first two special issues set forth in Article 37.071(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.1 The trial judge then sentenced Appellant to death as required by Article 37.071(e). Direct appeal to this court is automatic. Tex.Code Crim. Proc. art. 37.071 § 2(h). Appellant raises seven points of error. We will affirm.

Appellant was convicted of the intentional murder of Carl Leevy, committed…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  3. Goff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  4. Dennis Thurl Dowthitt v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  5. Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994

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