Legal Opinion

Rumbaugh v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided March 3, 1982No. 67999PublishedCited by 116 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder. Punishment was assessed at death.1

The State’s first witness, Gerald Bishop, testified that on the morning of April 4, 1975, when he went to the deceased’s jewelry store, he found the door to the shop open and the body of Michael Fiorillo on the floor. Later that morning, Lieutenant Gerald Jacobs and his partners, Detective Gainer and Lieutenant Garner, went to an Amarillo address a block and a half from the jewelry store with a warrant for appellant’s arrest.2 As the officers approached the residence, they saw…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Estelle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. United States v. PaynerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by116 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
  2. Sharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Bigby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1994
  5. Wicker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

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