Legal Opinion
Scott v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 6, 2007No. PD-0862-05PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · PricePrice, J.
in which WOMACK, JOHNSON, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, J.J., joined.
The appellant, Michael Scott, was convicted of the offense of murder in the *672course of a robbery or burglary, a capital offense, for his involvement in the so-called “Yogurt Shop Murders” that occurred in Austin in December of 1991. In a prior, separate trial, his co-defendant, Robert Springsteen, was also convicted of capital murder for this offense, and sentenced to death. After the United States Supreme Court declared that the execution of juvenile offenders violates the Eighth Amendment, in Roper v. Simmons,1 the Governor…
3Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Wesbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
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4Cited by190 opinions
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- Render v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)2011
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