Legal Opinion

Wilder v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 31, 1979No. 57848PublishedCited by 114 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appellants Armour and Wilder were convicted in a joint trial for the offense of capital murder. Each appellant’s punishment was assessed by the jury at death.

The State alleged and proved that Wilder robbed and shot the deceased, Duane Jaixen, a 19-year-old night attendant at an Exxon Station in Hooks at about midnight on December 23, 1975. Armour was found to be a party to the offense. See V.T.C.A., Penal Code, Section 7.01.

Pat Grady testified that at about one o’clock a. m. on December 23 he and his brother-in-law, Dwight Carr, stopped at the Exxon Station in Hooks for…

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2Cases cited68 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by114 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  2. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2016
  3. Vanderbilt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  4. Marquez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Montoya v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991

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