Legal Opinion

Lawson Abram v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)

Decided December 4, 2019No. 10-16-00348-CRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-16-00348-CR LAWSON ABRAM, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 87th District Court Freestone County, Texas Trial Court No. 15-067CR MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Lawson Abram was convicted by a jury of capital murder in the death of Douglas Carr Hurst. Abram received an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole after the State elected not to seek the death penalty. In four issues, Abram challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm. Background Amber Halford,1 Hurst’s niece, and Dustin Sanoja, Hurst’s nephew, conspired with…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  4. Malik v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. State v. RossCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000

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