Callins v. State

OPINION

CAMPBELL, Justice.

Appellant was convicted by a jury, in a single trial, of one capital murder and two aggravated robberies. The jury returned affirmative findings to the special issues under Art. 37.071, Y.A.C.C.P., for the capital murder conviction. The trial judge assessed punishment at death. The jury assessed punishment for each of the aggravated robbery convictions at life in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Appellant appealed his capital murder conviction directly to this Court, raising nineteen grounds of error.1 We will address two of those grounds. In Ground of Error No. 2, appellant…