Legal Opinion

Faulder v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided September 30, 1987No. 69077PublishedCited by 101 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TEAGUE, Judge.

Joseph Stanley Faulder, appellant, was convicted by a jury of committing the murder of Inez Phillips while in the course of committing or attempting to commit the felony offense of aggravated robbery. After the jury answered the special issues submitted to it by the trial judge in the affirmative, see the provisions of Art. 37.-071, V.A.C.C.P., the trial judge assessed appellant’s punishment at death.

To better understand appellant’s first ground of error, that "The Trial Court erred by denying the Appellant’s Special Plea in Bar and Former Jeopardy,” we find it necessary…

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2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Adams v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by101 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Cooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  5. Barajas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002

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