Legal Opinion

Matchett v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 6, 1996No. 71664Published

1Opinion of the Court

941 S.W.2d 922 (1996)

Farley Charles MATCHETT, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 71664.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

November 6, 1996.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1997.

Robert A. Morrow, Brent E. Newton, Houston, for appellant.

Rikke Burke Graber, Assist. District Attorney, Houston, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

OVERSTREET, Judge.

In February 1993, appellant pled guilty and was convicted under Texas Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2) for a robbery murder committed in July 1991. The jury affirmatively answered the two special issues…

Also in this document: Concurrence · McCORMICK; Concurrence · Baird; Concurrence · Mansfield; Dissent.

2Cases cited93 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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