Legal Opinion
Griffith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 16, 1998No. 72321PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · McCORMICKMcCORMICK, P.J.
in which MANSFIELD, KELLER, HOLLAND and WOMACK, JJ., joined.
Appellant was convicted in December 1995 of a capital murder committed in October 1994. V.T.C.A, Penal Code, Section 19.03(a)(2). Pursuant to the jury’s answers to the statutory punishment issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, Sections 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge *285sentenced appellant to death.1 Article 37.071, Section 2(g). Direct appeal is automatic. Article 37.071, Section 2(h). We will affirm.
Appellant raises twelve points of error. He raises challenges to the sufficiency of the mitigation…
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