Balentine v. State

OPINION

MEYERS, J.,

delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder on April 19,1999. Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(7)(A) (Vernon 1994). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, Sections 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Art. 37.071 § 2(g). 1 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Art. 37.071 § 2(h). Appellant raises four points of error but does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence at either stage of the trial. We will affirm.

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In his first…