Legal Opinion

Woods v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 15, 2004No. AP-74,430PublishedCited by 376 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.

in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

In August 2002, a Denton County jury convicted the appellant, Steven Michael Woods, of killing Ronald Whitehead and Bethena Brosz.1 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 court sentenced the appellant to death.2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic.3 The appellant raises seventeen points of error challenging his conviction and sentence. We will affirm.

I. VOIR DIRE

In points of error fifteen,…

3Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  5. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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4Cited by376 opinions

  1. Casey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  2. Gamboa v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2009
  3. Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2010
  4. Franklin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  5. Ford v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2005

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