Webb v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLINTON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of the offense of capital murder and, in accordance with affirmative answers by the jury to special issues prescribed by Article 37.071(b)(1) and (2), V.A.C.C.P., his sentence was assessed at death. Appeal to this Court is automatic.
In related points of error appellant challenges sufficiency of the evidence to show he perpetrated the killing for which he was convicted. 1 He contends that the circumstantial evidence does no more than to place him at the scene of the crime, without establishing either that he caused the death of the deceased, or…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by390 opinions
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- Alvarado v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
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- Best v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
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