James Wesley Brooks Jackson v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion by
Justice MOSELEY.
For committing the brutal rape and murder of Jo Beth Marchand, a sixty-year-old, mentally challenged, and physically disabled woman, James Wesley Brooks Jackson was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. 1 Jackson appeals, urging thirteen points of error. 2 Because (1) the evidence is legally sufficient to sup port Jackson’s capital murder conviction, (2) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that Jackson’s oral and written confessions were voluntarily made, and (3) Jackson’s Rule 403…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
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