Legal Opinion
Garcia v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 11, 1979No. 59621PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. C. DAVIS, Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. The jury answered affirmatively the special issues submitted under Article 37.071, Vernon’s Ann.C.C.P., and accordingly, the punishment was assessed at death.
The sufficiency of the evidence at either the guilt-innocence or punishment phases of the trial is not challenged. The record reflects that in the early morning hours of September 26, 1974, appellant and Larry Johns entered a 7-11 convenience store in Houston. Connie Wilson and the deceased, David Lewis, were store attendants, working the night shift. The…
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3Cited by75 opinions
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