Scottie Louis Forcey v. State

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-09-00335-CR SCOTTIE LOUIS FORCEY, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 249th District Court Johnson County, Texas Trial Court No. F43132 MEMORANDUM OPINION After a hearing granting a transfer to adult court, Scottie Forcey was convicted of the offense of capital murder and sentenced to an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole. See TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 12.31(a) (Vernon 2003). Forcey complains that the sentence imposed violates constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment, that section 12.31(a) is…