Legal Opinion
Masterson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided February 2, 2005No. AP-74,344PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · KellerKeller, P.J.
Appellant was convicted of a capital murder 1 committed on January 27, 2001. 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. 2 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. 3 Appellant raises eight points of error. We will affirm.
I. GUILT
A. Appellant’s recorded confession
In points of error two and three, appellant complains about the admission into evidence of a tape-recorded confession taken from him by a Texas police officer while appellant was in custody in…
3Cases cited17 opinions
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Escamilla v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
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4Cited by131 opinions
- Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Gallo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
- Braughton, Christopher ErnestCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Luna v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2008
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