Legal Opinion

Garcia v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 27, 1996No. 71417PublishedCited by 353 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

2Per curiam

■ Appellant was convicted of capital murder. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). The jury affirmatively answered the statutory punishment issues and the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Tex.Code Crim.Proe. Ann. arts. 37.071, § 2(b) and (e). Appeal to this Court is automatic. Id. at (h). Appellant raises seventy points of error, including challenges to the sufficiency of the' evidence at both the guilt/innocence and the punishment stages of trial. However, because we sustain point of error forty-two, we address only this point of error as well as appellant’s challenges to the…

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3Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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4Cited by353 opinions

  1. Mosley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1998
  2. Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  3. Conner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  4. Standefer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  5. Abdul-Kabir v. QuartermanSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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