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Garcia v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 3, 2001No. 73,804PublishedCited by 1,291 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HOLCOMB, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which KELLER, P.J., and MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

A Harris County jury found appellant, Juan Martin Garcia, guilty of capital murder. See Tex. Pen.Code § 19.03(a)(2) (murder in the course of robbery). The trial court, acting in accordance with the jury’s answers to the punishment stage special issues, sentenced appellant to death. Appellant now brings three points of error to this Court. We will affirm.

The evidence presented at appellant’s trial showed that during August and September of 1998,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by1,291 opinions

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