Legal Opinion

Barefoot v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 12, 1980No. 63715PublishedCited by 110 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DALLY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The punishment is death.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury at the guilt-innocence stage of the trial on the law of circumstantial evidence, denying his motion for change of venue, overruling his challenges for cause of three prospective jurors, refusing his request for additional •peremptory challenges, admitting evidence of extraneous offenses, failing to define “probability” in the charge at the punishment stage, and overruling his objections to the testimony of two…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Granviel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1976
  5. Jurek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1975

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3Cited by110 opinions

  1. Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Matson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  3. Mays v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Ex Parte WelbornCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  5. Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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