Legal Opinion

Cordova v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 11, 1987No. 69096PublishedCited by 97 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Joe Angel Cordova, hereafter referred to as appellant, appeals his conviction for capital murder, i.e., the murder of Masel Williams which was elevated to capital murder because appellant committed the offense of murder while in the course of committing and attempting to commit the offense of robbery of Williams, which was the aggravating circumstance that made the offense capital murder. Pursuant to the affirmative answers to the special issues that the jury answered, the trial court sentenced appellant to death by lethal injection. We affirm.

Appellant, through counsel,…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Darden v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by97 opinions

  1. Franklin v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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  5. Hathorn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992

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