Legal Opinion

Rougeau v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 23, 1987No. 69233PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Paul Rougeau, hereinafter appellant, was convicted of the murder of A.C. Wilkins, while in the course of committing or attempting to commit the offense of aggravated robbery, which caused the offense of murder to become capital murder, see V.T. C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2), and, after the jury answered in the affirmative the special issues that the trial judge submitted to it, see Art. 37.071, V.A.C.C.P., the trial judge assessed his punishment at death. 1 We affirm.

Appellant, through court appointed counsel, presents twenty points of error, see Texas Rules of…

2Cases cited59 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. McKaskle v. WigginsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Winston v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986

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3Cited by74 opinions

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  5. DeVaughn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1988

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