Legal Opinion
Brooks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 1991No. 403-89PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
OVERSTREET, Judge.
The appellant, Eddie Thomas Brooks, was convicted by a jury for the offense of murder and was assessed punishment at twenty-five years in the Texas Department of Corrections. 1 In an unpublished opinion the Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Brooks v. State, No. 14-85-796-CR, 1987 WL 7660 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th], delivered March 12, 1987).
In the court of appeals, as well as in his petition for discretionary review, appellant asserted that the State engaged in the purposeful or deliberate denial of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Ella Louise Forbes and Lillie Mae BerryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Henry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Chambers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- United States v. Darnell WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
3Cited by17 opinions
- McGee v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995
- Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Hutchinson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2001
- People v. CharlesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Mayfield v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1995
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