Legal Opinion
Burks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 11, 1979No. 60757PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. C. DAVIS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury returned affirmative answers to the special issues submitted at the punishment hearing pursuant to Article 37.071, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P. Accordingly, punishment was assessed at death.
The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged. On August 10, 1977, the body of the deceased, an 'elderly man, was found in his bed. His face and skull had been beaten in, his throat had been slit and his abdomen had been cut open so that his intestines and bowels protruded. The house, in which he lived alone, had been…
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