Legal Opinion

Rosales v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 13, 1999No. 73163PublishedCited by 234 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · McCORMICKMcCORMICK, P.J.

in which MANSFIELD, KELLER, HOLLAND, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

The offense is capital murder and the sentence is death. Appellant raises seven points of error. We affirm.

Appellant voluntarily confessed to murdering the elderly victim in the course of a burglary of her apartment. Appellant’s confession came after the police confronted him with photographs of his bloody clothing. Shortly after the murder appellant went to bed in another apartment in the apartment complex. Appellant acted suspiciously during the police crime-scene investigation. He later led police to the murder…

3Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  5. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995

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4Cited by234 opinions

  1. Gollihar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. Sanchez, OrlandoCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2012
  3. Teixeira v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  4. Stone v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2000
  5. Fuller v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007

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