Legal Opinion
Horton v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided May 31, 2002No. 03-01-00527-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK KIDD, Justice.
Appellant Bryan Scott Horton and another sixteen-year-old boy, Jeremy Keith Coffey, murdered a sixteen-year-old girl in her home, apparently because they wanted to take her father’s pistol. Appellant and Coffey were taken into custody three days after the murder and, within hours, appellant confessed. Appellant, after being certified for trial as an adult, waived his right to trial by jury. The district court found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to imprisonment for forty years. 1 See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 19.02(b)(1) (West 1994). In five points of error, appellant…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Carmouche v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. BayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Millslagle v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2005
- in the Matter of J.B.J., a Juvenile, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
- Cortez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
- Charles Hugh Firth v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
- Horton, Bryan ScottCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
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