Legal Opinion · Dissent

Fearance v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 7, 1988No. 69024Published

1DissentTeague, Judge

I respectfully file this dissenting opinion. For reasons that I will give, John Fearance, Jr.’s conviction for capital murder and death sentence should be set aside, and not affirmed. Henceforth, I will refer to Fearance as appellant.

I find that the majority opinion erroneously disposes of appellant’s point of error *515numbered seven, which asserts the following: “The trial court erred in overruling appellant’s timely motion to quash the second paragraph of the indictment, which used murder twice to create a capital offense,” and his point of error numbered eight, which asserts the following:…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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