Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 22, 1983No. 68971PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLINTON, Judge.
Appellant’s conviction and sentence of death for capital murder are here subjected to automatic review. Article 37.071(f), V.A.C.C.P. The murder was committed in the course of robbery or attempted robbery. V.A.T.S. Penal Code, § 19.03(a)(2).
In the first ground of error appellant contends that the State failed to adduce sufficient evidence to warrant the jury’s affirmative answer to the second punishment issue, posed by Article 37.-071(b)(2), supra:
“... whether there is a probability that’ the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by49 opinions
- McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Rachal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Ramirez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
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