Legal Opinion

Mooney v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 2, 1991No. 69858PublishedCited by 184 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BAIRD, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of a murder in the course of robbery. Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 19.03(a)(2). After the jury returned affirmative answers to the two issues submitted pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc. Ann. art. 37.071, the trial court imposed the sentence of death. 1 Appeal to this Court is automatic. We will affirm.

Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Therefore, we will only provide the facts necessary to address appellant’s points of error.

I. INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL

Appellant’s first four claims, enumerated 1 A through 1 D, allege that…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hernandez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Franklin v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Kinnamon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990

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3Cited by184 opinions

  1. Rousseau v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993
  2. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. Penry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1995
  4. Ex Parte MorrowCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  5. Adanandus v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1993

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