Legal Opinion

Michael Scott v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)

Decided March 24, 2005No. 03-03-00109-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-03-00109-CR

Michael Scott, Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 167TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 996378, HONORABLE MICHAEL LYNCH, JUDGE PRESIDING

O P I N I O N

A jury convicted appellant Michael Scott of capital murder. See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2) (West Supp. 2004-05). The district court sentenced him to life imprisonment after the jury found that there was not a probability that he would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society. See Tex. Code Crim.…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004

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