Matthews v. State

OPINION

Sharon McCally, Justice

Appellant Ryan Antonio Matthews was convicted of two counts of capital murder. In five issues, he challenges his conviction and the order of the juvenile court waiving jurisdiction and transferring his case to criminal district court.1 First, he asserts that the transfer order lacks the requisite factual specificity, and therefore, when the evidence admitted at the transfer hearing is measured against those findings it is insufficient to support the trial court’s stated reasons for transfer. In his second and third issues, he contends that the Texas punishment…