Legal Opinion

Jack Warren Davis v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided May 13, 1992No. 03-90-00118-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Davis v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT OF TEXAS,

AT AUSTIN

NO. 3-90-118-CR

JACK WARREN DAVIS,

APPELLANT

vs.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

APPELLEE

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF COMAL COUNTY, 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. CR89-251, HONORABLE ROBERT T. PFEUFFER, JUDGE

A jury convicted Jack Warren Davis, appellant, of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a), (b) (1989). After the jury was unable to answer the first special issue on punishment (deliberateness), the court sentenced him to life imprisonment pursuant to 1985 Tex. Gen. Laws, ch. 44, § 2, at 434 (Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 37.071, since…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. California v. TrombettaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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