Legal Opinion
Freeman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 18, 1977No. 51505PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREEN, Commissioner.
Leonard Wilson Freeman appeals from a conviction for capital murder in which the punishment was assessed at death. The indictment in the case charged:. . that on or about the 19th day of July, 1973, and before the presentment of this indictment, in the County of Atas-cosa and State of Texas, LEONARD WILSON FREEMAN (hereinafter called Defendant) did then and there unlawfully, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, voluntarily kill LUIS GARZA, a peace officer, to-wit, a Deputy Sheriff of Atascosa County, State of Texas (who was then and there acting in the lawful…
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