Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 7, 1998No. 71513Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
961 S.W.2d 156 (1998)
Brian Edward DAVIS, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Texas.
No. 71513.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
January 7, 1998.
David Cunningham, Houston, for appellant.
Calvin Hartman, Linda West, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.
Before the court en banc.
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, Judge, joined by McCORMICK, Presiding Judge, and Mansfield, Price, Holland and Womack, Judges,
Appellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.03(a)(2) (Vernon 1994); TEX. CRIM. PROC.CODE ANN. art. 37.071, § 2 (Vernon Supp.1997). Appeal to this Court is automatic. TEX.CRIM. PROC.CODE ANN. art. 37.071, § 2(h) (Vernon…
Also in this document: Concurrence · Baird; Concurrence · Womack.
3Cases cited27 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Brumfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Myre v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
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