Legal Opinion

Byrd v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)

Decided July 26, 2006No. 14-04-00883-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

192 S.W.3d 69 (2006)

James Lee BYRD, Appellant

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 14-04-00883-CR.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

January 26, 2006.

Discretionary Review Refused July 26, 2006.

Emily Munoz-DeToTo, Houston, for appellants

William J. Delmore III, Houston, for The State.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices ANDERSON and FROST.

MAJORITY OPINION

JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant, James Lee Byrd, pled guilty to the murder of Brenida Johnson, and the jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years' confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  3. Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Victor v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  5. Hutch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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