Legal Opinion
Moore v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 6, 1976No. 51801PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ONION, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for capital murder wherein the punishment was assessed at death.
On the night of November 13,1973, Martha Janette Williams, a secretary for Fantastic Photo on West Mockingbird Lane in Dallas, was working alone in the office. The appellant, a janitor at the building, picked up Curtis Lee Jones at 11 p. m. and went to the building. When he entered the office where Williams was, she appeared startled and the appellant left. Later, appellant and Jones discussed robbing “the girl in the office” and returned and apparently took money…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by199 opinions
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