Cockrell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.
The offense is capital murder, and the sentence is death. Appellant raises fifty-four points of error. We affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence from guilt-innocence shows appellant was employed by a moving company the victim used on August 7, 1992, to move her belongings into a home the victim had rented. Appellant was involved in this move and he was in the victim’s home on August 7, 1992. One of the legs of the victim’s table was broken during the move.
On the morning of August 9, 1992, appellant appeared at the victim’s home…
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