Legal Opinion

Escamilla, Licho AKA Hernandez, Francisco Jesus

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided June 30, 2004No. AP-74,494Published

1Opinion of the Court

Death Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. 74,494

LICHO ESCAMILLA, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DIRECT APPEAL

FROM DALLAS COUNTY

Hervey, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, PJ., Meyers, Womack, Keasler, Holcomb and Cochran, JJ., joined. Price and Johnson, JJ., concurred.

O P I N I O N

A jury convicted appellant of capital murder. The trial court sentenced appellant to death pursuant to the jury's answers to the special issues submitted at the punishment phase. Appellant raises thirty-one points of error. We affirm.

The indictment alleged that appellant shot and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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