Legal Opinion

Rocha v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 12, 2000No. 73280Published

1Opinion of the Court

16 S.W.3d 1 (2000)

Felix ROCHA, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas.

No. 73280.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

April 12, 2000.

Randy McDonald, Houston, for appellant.

Kelly Ann Smith, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, for State.

OPINION

KELLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which McCORMICK, P.J., and MANSFIELD, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.

Appellant was convicted in November 1998 of capital murder (murder in the course of a robbery). Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a)(2).[1] Pursuant to the jury's answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 37.071 §§ 2(b) and…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Bowen v. Georgetown University HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Boykin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1991
  5. McFarland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996

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