Legal Opinion
Whitaker v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided November 4, 1998No. 09-97-046 CRPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STOVER, Justice.
A jury found appellant Charles Whitaker guilty of capital murder. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division. Whitaker brings five points of error on appeal.
FACTS
Charles Whitaker, Fred McGregor, and Danny Hill conspired for several hours to rob seventy-six year old Aline Berry, the owner and manager of the Berry Motel in Corrigan, Texas. In the middle of the night, they entered Ms. Berry’s residence at the motel through an unlocked patio, found her in bed, and held her down while they tied her…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Clewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Purkett v. ElemSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Whitaker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Russo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
- Zapata v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2000
- Caballero, Rocky v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2012
- Chadrick Eugene Bradley v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2023
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