Legal Opinion
Salinas v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 18, 2005No. AP-74,524PublishedCited by 1,299 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeyers, J.
the Court in which
KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ„ joined.
Appellant was convicted in August 2002 of capital murder. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a). 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 six points of error. We reform appellant’s death sentence to a sentence of life imprisonment, and otherwise affirm.
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