Skinner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYERS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder in March 1995. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(7)(A). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 37.071 §§ 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. 1 Article 37.071 § 2(g). Direct appeal is automatic. Article 37.071 § 2(h). We will affirm.
Appellant raises twenty-one points of error, including a challenge to the legal sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. We will address the points in the approximate order in which they are raised.…
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