Legal Opinion
Sorto v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 5, 2005No. AP-74,836PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
in which KELLER, P.J., PRICE, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY and HOLCOMB, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted in November 2003 of capital murder. 1 Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues during the punishment stage, 2 the trial court sentenced appellant to death. 3 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. 4 Appellant raises sixteen points of error. We will affirm.
Sufficiency of the Evidence
In his second point of error, appellant argues that the evidence is legally insufficient to prove that he intended to kill the victims. When evaluating the legal sufficiency of the…
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