Legal Opinion

Henderson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 3, 1997No. 72,157PublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

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2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, Judge

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, HOLLAND, and WOMACK, Judges joined, and an opinion with respect to Part 2a, in which MEYERS, PRICE and HOLLAND, Judges, joined, and in which MANSFIELD and WOMACK, Judges, joined only as to point of error nine.

In a trial beginning in May of 1995, appellant was convicted of the capital murder of three-and-a-half-month-old Brandon Baugh committed on January 21, 1994 in Travis County.1 The jury answered the punishment issues in the State’s favor, and appellant was sentenced to death. Direct appeal to this Court is automatic under…

3Cases cited52 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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4Cited by185 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  4. Rocha v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003

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