Ovalle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Per curiam
The appellant was convicted in April 1998 of capital murder.1 Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the statutory special issues,2 the trial judge sentenced the appellant to death.3 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic.4 The appellant raises eleven points of error. We shall affirm the judgment of conviction, reverse the judgment of death, and remand the case to the district court.
I. Guilt-innocence Stage
A. Legal Sufficiency
In point of error four, the appellant contends that the evidence is legally insufficient to show a kidnapping, the underlying offense that aggravates this murder into a…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fuller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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3Cited by688 opinions
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- Martinez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Simpson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
- Warner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
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