Legal Opinion
Escamilla v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 30, 2004No. 74494PublishedCited by 384 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · HerveyHervey, J.
in which KELLER, PJ., MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.
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 killed a peace officer who was “then and there acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty, and the said [appellant] then and there knew the said deceased to be a peace officer.” See § 19.03(a)(1), Tex. Pen.Code. Appellant…
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