Legal Opinion
Turner, Albert James
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 30, 2013No. AP-76,580PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which WOMACK, JOHNSON, COCHRAN, and ALCALA, JJ„ joined.
The appellant was convicted of the intentional murder of more than one person during the same criminal transaction, namely, his wife and his mother-in-law, which is a capital offense.1 The jury an*679swered the statutory special issues in such a way that the trial court was required to assess the death penalty.2 Direct appeal is automatic in this Court.3
The appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support either his conviction or death sentence. In fourteen of his twenty-four points of error, he claims that he…
3Cases cited38 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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4Cited by199 opinions
- Boyett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Anthony v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
- Turner, Albert JamesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Gboweh Dickson George v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2014
- Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2019
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