Legal Opinion
Lucas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 22, 1989No. 69325PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W.C. DAVIS, Judge.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for capital murder. V.T.C.A. Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2). After a change in venue from Williamson to Tom Green County, appellant was tried and convicted for the murder-rape of an unidentified woman whose nude body was discovered next to a culvert near Interstate 35 north of Georgetown. The jury returned affirmative answers to the first two special issues under Art. 37.071(b), V.A.C.C.P., and punishment was assessed at death. This direct appeal followed.
On appeal, appellant raises eighteen points of error, fourteen of which encompass…
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