Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYERS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in July 1990 of capital murder under Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2) for a murder committed in August 1987 during the course of a robbery. After the jury returned affirmative findings to the two special issues submitted pursuant to Art. 37.071(b) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, appellant was sentenced to death under Art. 37.071(e).1 Direct appeal to this Court is mandated by Art. 37.071(h). We will affirm.
I. Sufficiency of the Evidence
Appellant challenges, in point twenty-seven, the sufficiency of the evidence to convict him of capital…
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2Cases cited46 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by392 opinions
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- Lawton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Hammock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
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