Beltran v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This appeal is taken from the conviction of capital murder. V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2). The death penalty was assessed by the court after the jury returned affirmative findings to the two special issues submitted pursuant to Article 37.-071(b)(1) and (2), V.A.C.C.P.
On appeal appellant raises ten points of error, all relating to the penalty stage .of trial. He contends the court erred in admitting a probation officer’s file which included an FBI “rap sheet,” that the court erred in failing to grant a new trial because of jury misconduct, that the evidence…
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