Martinez, James Edward

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

OF TEXAS

NO. 74,292

JAMES EDWARD MARTINEZ, Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

ON DIRECT APPEAL

FROM TARRANT COUNTY

O P I N I O N

In February of 2002, appellant was convicted of capital murder for the shooting deaths of a man and woman in Fort Worth. Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 19.03(a). The evidence showed that appellant was angry at the woman because she allegedly owed him money. Pursuant to the jury's answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, § 2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Art. 37.071 § 2(g).…