Legal Opinion
Busby v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 31, 1999No. 72,539PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, J.
in which McCORMICK, P.J., and MANSFIELD, HOLLAND, WOMACK, and KEASLER, JJ. joined.
At a trial beginning in May 1996, appellant was convicted of capital murder, committed on or about April 17, 1995. Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(7)(A).1 Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071 §§ 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Article 37.071 § 2(g).2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Article 37.071 § 2(h). Appellant raises eleven points of error, ten in his original brief and one in a supplemental…
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4Cited by146 opinions
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